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Old 03-03-17 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Chandne
I have always liked wide bars...700 was my minimum and I found 680 a bit too narrow. I do have long arms. I now use 740 and has moved to 780. Most of our epic and long trails are more open with not too many tight trees. Some trails do have that and I have to be careful 5-6 times per ride. Still, I could never get used to narrow bars again. I would not go more than 780. 760-780 is perfect and I only used ENVE or Syntace since I think they are the toughest
I love the Enve DH bars on any MTB. My areas has a lot of very tight treed areas, and I got used to 760s after 30+ years of MTBing.
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