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I dont agree with the bars Marty mate. Im tall and when i do a build i tighten the stem once the bars feel comfy to me when im sitting on the seat. This makes the bars look too forward. If you look at old skool pics alot of us had our bars forward to the degree that if the bike had been pictured like that it would look crap.I agree though that bars for pics do look better when in line with the angle of the forks but it dosent make a build any worse for hving them forward.
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A girl in my class pulled my bell off once Anyway bars forward made me RAD http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/gashead69/?action=view¤t=Barsforward.jpg
Quote from: munners on July 12, 2008, 07:19 AMI dont agree with the bars Marty mate. Im tall and when i do a build i tighten the stem once the bars feel comfy to me when im sitting on the seat. This makes the bars look too forward. If you look at old skool pics alot of us had our bars forward to the degree that if the bike had been pictured like that it would look crap.I agree though that bars for pics do look better when in line with the angle of the forks but it dosent make a build any worse for hving them forward. Nick, I spent most of my youth through to early twenties working in bike shops (Heff's in West Drayton and Pedal Power in Isleworth), trust me when I say most kids had their bars too far forward because they had slipped forward trying jump their clinkers and not out of choice. The amount of times we would put them right for kids on a Saturday morning only to do it again for them a week later . If the bars are too far forward the sterring is too "quick" and prone to washing out the front wheel in corners, on the other hand it does make sit down wheelies easier .A good guide to how your bars should be was printed in BMX Action...Marty
Quote from: MartyC on July 12, 2008, 11:05 AMQuote from: munners on July 12, 2008, 07:19 AMI dont agree with the bars Marty mate. Im tall and when i do a build i tighten the stem once the bars feel comfy to me when im sitting on the seat. This makes the bars look too forward. If you look at old skool pics alot of us had our bars forward to the degree that if the bike had been pictured like that it would look crap.I agree though that bars for pics do look better when in line with the angle of the forks but it dosent make a build any worse for hving them forward. Nick, I spent most of my youth through to early twenties working in bike shops (Heff's in West Drayton and Pedal Power in Isleworth), trust me when I say most kids had their bars too far forward because they had slipped forward trying jump their clinkers and not out of choice. The amount of times we would put them right for kids on a Saturday morning only to do it again for them a week later . If the bars are too far forward the sterring is too "quick" and prone to washing out the front wheel in corners, on the other hand it does make sit down wheelies easier .A good guide to how your bars should be was printed in BMX Action...Marty brilliant!not only has craig used a ul but his cars are really forward as well....gwarn