Difference Between Handlebars 0 ~newbie~ Straight vs slight bent

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My thoughts are that her's handles better, due to the slight degree of curvature, whereas mine is
100% straight, I wonder if I can change out the bar for something else.

All my riding buddys that ride fullsus. use a riser bar, and the ones with hardtail, including
myself, use a flatbar. A riser bar is wider and gives you more "power" to control your bike i think.
When climbing, the extra length gives you more power for leverage. But with a flat bar you can add
barends, which will give you extra grip for more leverage on climbs. Barends looks silly and doesnt
work good on a riser because of the angle :-) So you have to chose.

But, i think its a question about riding position. Riser gives a bit more upright position and
flatbar a bit more downright (does that sentence make any sence?) But, riding position can off
course also be adjustet with fork, spacers, seatpost, stem and so on.

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Any thoughts and on what type I can swap it out for?

It seems that you prefer the riser bar, so hurry up to your LBS :-) There is a lot of different
angles and lengths to chose from, DH bars can have some pretty extreme measurements compared to XC
riser bars, so maybe start out with a 8 degree sweep 4 degree upsweep and maybe 25 inches long,
thats pretty standard. Buy the one that fits your wallet.

Peter

If your talking about you GF handlebar having a sweep to and its still flat .That could be like
Peter said there are a lot of Bars out there flat really straight flat with a sweep I use one of
these a profile carbon nice bar .Then there's riser bars some of my friends ride with these like he
said more upright position .Look at your GF bars if there flat with a sweep these are easy to come
by .go to your local bike shop .they should be able to set you up.they are easy to change to.

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J/O Trailblazer At large !!

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Barends looks silly and doesnt work good on a riser because of the angle :-) So you have to chose.

if you really like the feel of a riser and want the extra leverage/comfort of bar ends, try a set of
singletrack solutions bar ends or the serfas equivalent... they may not have the full advantage of
other ends... but they *feel* and look good on riser bars.

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- Chris - www.skokatt.com
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People say I'm cruel. But I have the heart of a small child. In a jar. On my desk.

Thanks.

My gf bike is for sure a riser then..I think (???) seems if you look at one grip and go in a
straight line, her's is for sure, at least 8% away from the opposite grip. I've attached a lame gif
I drew Fast.....

My thinking is that her's offers more control (hers hardtail) and mine has the riser bars which is
good (IMO) for climbing up PAVED roads.....

By way of control, it seems that I would be more prone to attempt curbs and other light
obstacles.....and grow into more things down the road....

Not sure what to do quite yet....

for a few moves

Jamie said:

If your talking about you GF handlebar having a sweep to and its still flat .That could be like
Peter said there are a lot of Bars out there flat really straight flat with a sweep I use one of
these a profile carbon nice bar .Then there's riser bars some of my friends ride with these like he
said more upright position .Look at your GF bars if there flat with a sweep these are easy to come
by .go to your local bike shop .they should be able to set you up.they are easy to change to.

whatup whatup said:

My thoughts are that her's handles better, due to the slight degree of curvature, whereas mine is
100% straight, I wonder if I can change out the bar for something else.

Any thoughts and on what type I can swap it out for?

Don't swap them out, cut them down.

The better bars are what feels better to you. Looks like you're more interested in the looks of them
and not the feel.

Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind
should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

no, not interested in look.

As I thought I mentioned before, the slight curve seems to allow me to handle the bike better.

Thanks.

Also drew a gif to illustrate.

thanks again

Bill Wheeler said:

whatup whatup said:

My thoughts are that her's handles better, due to the slight degree of curvature, whereas mine is
100% straight, I wonder if I can change out the bar for something else.

Any thoughts and on what type I can swap it out for?

Don't swap them out, cut them down.

The better bars are what feels better to you. Looks like you're more interested in the looks of
them and not the feel.

Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the
mind should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

"Peter Tønnesen" <peto@***privat.dk> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

My thoughts are that her's handles better, due to the slight degree of curvature, whereas mine
is 100% straight, I wonder if I can change out the bar for something else.

All my riding buddys that ride fullsus. use a riser bar, and the ones with hardtail, including
myself, use a flatbar. A riser bar is wider and gives you more "power" to control your bike i
think. When climbing, the extra length gives you more power for leverage. But with a flat bar you
can add barends, which will give you extra grip for more leverage on climbs.

Barends

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looks silly and doesnt work good on a riser because of the angle :-) So

you

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have to chose.

I disagree with you on (and fashion perhaps) on the last point..I read time and again about not
putting barends on risers,. I have a pair of small stubby woodies on the ends of my riser bars ( on
a Schwinn RS1 2001) and I love them. I cycle in the region of 150km a week and enjoy the extra grip
position they give me, furthermore they don't look silly, at least not to me

dave

I'll swap you a new Curved Riser bar for your Flat ~ if its alum alloy, ! <whatup> wrote in message
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no, not interested in look.

As I thought I mentioned before, the slight curve seems to allow me to handle the bike better.

Thanks.

Also drew a gif to illustrate.

thanks again

Bill Wheeler said:

whatup whatup said:

My thoughts are that her's handles better, due to the slight degree of curvature, whereas mine
is 100% straight, I wonder if I can change out the bar for something else.

Any thoughts and on what type I can swap it out for?

Don't swap them out, cut them down.

The better bars are what feels better to you. Looks like you're more interested in the looks of
them and not the feel.

Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the
mind should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

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I disagree with you on (and fashion perhaps) on the last point..I read

time

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and again about not putting barends on risers,. I have a pair of small stubby woodies on the ends
of my riser bars ( on a Schwinn RS1 2001) and I love them. I cycle in the region of 150km a week
and enjoy the extra grip position they give me, furthermore they don't

look

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silly, at least not to me

And thats the important thing is it not :-) If it gives the rider an advantage and better riding
position and so on, then use it no matter how it looks like. And yes, there are some good combos
with riser and barends.

My bad :-)

Peet DK