Originally Posted by
Idak
The stock flat bar on the hybrid looks terribly wide for what I remember on my last hybrid and mountain bike. How do you decide on a right bar width? The mountain bike racers look like they are using wider bars than 20 years ago.
Bar width trend in the mountain bike world is toward wider bars and shorter stems. Some of that trend may have spilled into the design of hybrids. Here's a video that shows a couple of ideas for honing in on the right width:
Different disciplines of riding will also prefer narrower or wider as the case may be, and individual riders have their own preferences.