Preferred handlebar width?
05-20-17 | 04:34 AM
#26
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Yeah it would be easier to buy a 680mm or 685mm handlebar and cut it to size.
However I will give this handlebar a go, it has no riser though, so a pure flat bar.
https://www.bike24.com/p254648.html
However I will give this handlebar a go, it has no riser though, so a pure flat bar.
https://www.bike24.com/p254648.html
05-20-17 | 11:38 AM
#27
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Bikes: 2017 Surly Troll with XT Drive Train, 2017 Merida Big Nine XT Edition, 2016 Giant Toughroad SLR 2, 1995 Trek 830
Plus I find I need a decent amount of room for my light mount and computer mount and bell.
I think my long term handlebar will end up being a 660mm Jones H-Bar Loop.
05-20-17 | 03:28 PM
#29
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Most all road racers have short bars, and probably all MTB bikes from the 90's back did as well. I know because I have several lol. Wide bars were obviously introduced for better control on singletrack but now it has become a fad, a fashion that has spread to our hybrid road roadies.
