Author Topic: Bar width (Read 2500 times)

paulb113 · « **on:** February 26, 2015, 12:23 PM »

What width bars do most people ride? Mine are pretty wide and thinking of cutting them down a bit. Cheers

stidds · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2015, 12:42 PM »

28" or 29" bars for me, cannot stand narrow bars.

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2015, 01:12 PM »

Don't overthink it too much.

Just look down at your hands and their natural position on the grips. If you have some bar hanging out of the ends - lop it off!

I usually cut my bars down by a small amount - the width of a roll of insulating tape to be precise, my cutting guide...

rodriguez · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2015, 05:43 PM »

use a dubli clip as a guide

paulb113 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2015, 06:57 PM »

I assume they are 29" as 30" bar end to bar end, riding bike Saturday so will see how it feels

bobbbbsy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2015, 07:26 PM »

i end up hanging onto the flange part of my non l;ever side on my 29 s . 28 s are sufficient for most average size folk i think . rise is more important (min 9 ")and a stubby top load stem.

insectbones · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2015, 08:16 PM »

29x9 at the mo. Gonna try 28x8 just because i have some here, and want to see which suits me best.

Betty · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2015, 09:39 PM »

28x8

Have a go on my bike on Saturday Paul

paulb113 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:41 PM »

Just got these Superstar sweet sweep bars 8.3" and 28.5 wide. I may just keep them as they are for now, I felt the chrome bars were too wide and too high? I assume they must be 9"