Originally Posted by
Kapusta
Good suggestion. I have looked around and seen everything from 560-660mm bars. Not always sure of the reasoning behind them. The wide bars may be due to them being more comfort or dirt oriented, and the narrow ones may be for urban considerations.
Yeah, sort of like crank arm length, I'm sure there's a range they take into account and size the default sizes according to the rest of the bike.
Take a look at some of the more smooth-pavement type hybrid/flat-bar-road bikes from various manufacturers and I'm sure it'll become clear, give-or-take 20mm, where you should probably shoot for.
... Then, once she's ridden it for a while and wants more hand positions, quietly shake your head and add bar ends to her steadfastly-not-drop-bars bike...
