Originally Posted by
Moisture
I dont see any improvement in balance or geometry, especially not when I can't even fit the damn bike through singletrack without nearly hitting every tree.
I can manage with it just fine, I can sort of see how the geometry is designed for it, but I'd much rather not.
Wider bars are better for the steep and technical terrain. Maybe you aren't riding steep and technical terrain?
I'll trade stability for the occasional tight tree on single track.