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Hi
I am looking at buying a new handlebar- what different styles of riding are 20mm and 40mm rises best suited to?
Thanks.
I'm not entirely sure it's necessarily riding style that the height relates to, but comfort.
Back in the day when I were but a lad riser bars were used more for DH and flat bars for XC but I think things have got a lot more blurred over the years. I now use a 40mm riser on HT trail bike but find the 15mm on my FSer more than comfortable.
How do you find your position with your current handlebar and what rise is that?
All it does is put the bar higher. Whether you want/need that will depend on a lot of things - size of bike (front is naturally higher relative to saddle on a smaller bike), head tube length, number of spacers under your stem, stem rise (though with short stems this has pretty much become irrelevant)?
Most bars, regardless of whether they're designed for Downhill, XC or somewhere in between, are available with various options for the amount of rise to allow good fit for the range of height and leg length of rider that any one size of bike is designed for, and each riders preferred bar height relative to the BB and seat.
You work out where you want your hands/grips to be.
Then you get the right combination of bar/stem/spacers that put them there, on your bike.
what uberpod said but you can consider that a higher rise position can help for downhills and lower for climbing but it's pretty much a personal preference and dependent on your bike's geometry.