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Title: How do you measure the rise on bars?
Post by: Jazzchimp on November 11, 2005, 05:24 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v636/Jazzchimp/barmeasure.jpg)
A - centre to centre
B - base to top of cross bar
C - base to top of bar
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Post by: Rombloke on November 11, 2005, 05:52 PM: c, i think

Dave
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on November 11, 2005, 05:55 PM: can i phone a friend?
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Post by: Jazzchimp on November 11, 2005, 05:56 PM: We should know this :o :o
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on November 11, 2005, 05:58 PM: why? i just get the shiniest.
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Post by: Bob_Acid on November 11, 2005, 06:14 PM: i just mesured my 7" rise power wings and it's nothing like C :-\ ???
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Post by: Jazzchimp on November 11, 2005, 06:15 PM: The plot thickens...
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on November 11, 2005, 06:16 PM: but is it like a or b or are we talkin the much elusive letter..d
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Post by: WizardWeb on November 11, 2005, 06:19 PM: I've often wondered. My old GT 4 piece bars were apparently 8" rise but were definitely bigger than the 8" rise Berringer bars I've got now.

I remember the 9" and 10" GT power series bars back in the 80's were massive !
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Post by: Rombloke on November 11, 2005, 07:33 PM: i think its c but centred on the tubing...not lowest part to highest part....

lol

that means its not c then

its d

Dave
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Post by: jonpaul11 on November 11, 2005, 08:22 PM: I thought C'ish' - from the bottom to the cross bar - middle or top or maybe bottom.

well, my post cleared that up.

:-\
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Post by: Jazzchimp on November 11, 2005, 10:21 PM: I thought this would be simple?!?!
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Post by: kdw712 on November 11, 2005, 10:29 PM: have a look at this
it goes up to E !!!

(http://www.renthal.com/images/hb-dimensions2.gif)

from
http://www.renthal.com/fbmaster.asp

does that help or just confuse even more ?
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Post by: danny silverstreak on November 11, 2005, 11:09 PM: f
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Post by: Bob_Acid on November 11, 2005, 11:35 PM: I even got two spirit levels & tape measure out to try and get an exact from mid bar out to match it to the top centre of grip level.

The nearest i could get to 7" on the wing bars would coincide with Kev's pic in as much as the 7 is where they start to bend out from the centre of the stem clamp area.
Title: Re: How do you measure the rise on bars?
Post by: billstup on November 12, 2005, 12:29 AM: Quote from: Jazzchimp on November 11, 2005, 10:21 PM
I thought this would be simple?!?!

Perhaps it`s just us thats simple :D
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Post by: Bob_Acid on November 12, 2005, 12:33 AM: Simpletons we are, somebody ask the yanks....
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Post by: terry on November 12, 2005, 01:19 AM: The fine art i aquired from my dad is by smelling the lenth of the rise or the lenth of the top tube ;) ;D
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Post by: Bob_Acid on November 12, 2005, 01:23 AM: lol, what's his phone number?
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Post by: Jazzchimp on November 14, 2005, 09:14 AM: C was supposed to be E I just didn't draw it accurately

follow??