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04-11-18 | 03:06 PM

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Tim_Iowa

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From: Cedar Rapids, IA

Bikes: 1997 Rivendell Road Standard 650b conversion (tourer), 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10 (gravel/tour), 2013 Foundry Auger disc (CX/gravel), 2016 Cannondale Fat CAAD 2 (MTB/winter), 2011 Cannondale Flash 29er Lefty (trail MTB)

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Originally Posted by Korina

Thanks. I've seen Georgena's videos about bike design on YouTube several times; I would love to just have a smaller front wheel, but the husbeast thinks it would throw the bike's geometry off. Personally, I still think I'd just need to level the saddle and adjust the handlebars (I'm thinking I need some Jones bars), but I'm fairly ignorant of these things.

I'm a big fan of Jones bars; I have Jones Loops on two of my bikes.

There are lots of "alt" bars now, here's an article: https://www.oldglorymtb.com/round-up...ke-handlebars/

Any bar that sweeps back will affect the reach, and may require a longer stem. Your local shop should have stems to try out for size.

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