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Old 01-20-10, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by runway1
I always felt a bit wide on my handlebars. Well, after I looked up the brand, I realized my Forte Precision is a 50 cm bar. Seems a bit wider than I see being sold.

I'm 6' tall and medium build - Joe average. What would you think is a typical bar width for someone my size? What do you ride? Thanks!
Doesn't have as much to do with 'build' as it does shoulder width. Has absolutely nothing to do with height.. FWIW I ride 42s, c-c.

Edit:: I suppose bar width might be loosely correlated with height simply because a taller person will tend to have proportionately wider shoulders, but even there... there's a lot of variation.
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