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one word answer if possible trying to get a feeling on average size these days 😆 I'm 730mm long at the moment
777mm
750mm on both bikes
780mm both bikes.
740mm (x2)
Put some 730s on a few weeks ago tired of getting caught up in the undergrowth
Will go back to 760-770 when it's died off
740mm (x2)
720mm
740 then 730 now settled on 720.
750mm on FS
711mm on HT
750 on the hardtail, 780 on the full sus, 800 on the DH bike.
760 on my enduro gnar machine
780 on my 29 er rigid mile muncher
745 but got 760s on order. 760 on the DH bike.
oh, good subject for poll on front page?
610
420 on the all road bike..
800mm. Planned to cut them down but loving them. Now going to get some wider ones for my HT as the 710mm feel freakishly narrow every time I jump on it.
750mm FS 711mm HT
750mm + 710mm + 600mm.
760
720mm
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^that wide
710mm they were 780mm but i chopped them down as they just felt and obviously more importantly looked silly 😉
2 x 760
760
700 on both bikes. Was 640 + bar ends until I fancied a change
730mm
scruff - Member
745 but got 760s on order. 760 on the DH bike.
Familiar pattern that. Longer bars fitted to DH bike. Old bars handed down to AM bike. AM bike bars handed down to hardtail. Longer bars on DH bike. Repeat.
685
my first MTB back in 1992 had 508mm bars.
That narrow bar trend was a fad that died out pretty quick!
My bikes are practically vintage now, from 2007, so they have tiny narrow bars. I just had a lookat LoCo's Remedy and the bars looked ridiculously wide. 1.5m or something.
720 but just bought 785 for a new build (might cut them down tho)
760 on all of mine now- cut down a little from 780, that genuinely was the point I couldn't fit through some of the gaps without developing elite manualturnbar skills
710mm on the FS
685mm on the HT
The 685 bars came off the FS when I got the 710 bars. If I wasn't such a tight arse, I'd probably get the same width bars for the HT as well.
Can't imagine going any wider though.
700mm with 40mm rise on Jump bike
720mm with 40mm rise on HT
740mm with 40mm rise on FS
780mm with 20mm rise on DH
stumpy01 - MemberCan't imagine going any wider though.
Try it. Takes about two rides and you'e hooked.
750 & 740mm
750mm on the 29er HT, 800 on the big FS. The 750s feel quite narrow now.
Another one with 800mm. Couldn't go back now, anything narrower feels...err...narrow!
711 on fs.
720 - the stock ones that came with my bike.
760 seems to be my sweet spot though.
711 on the SS HT
750 on the HT fatbike
750 on the FS trail bike
760 on the FS AM/#enduro gnarpoon
760mm on my main bike, about right imo.
I followed Pat from The White Room down a trail, the day after he'd fitted some super "Enduro" 800mm bars. And he promptly caught the end of the bars on a sticky out rock, right in front of a nice 2 foot vert, and he flew sideways off the trail into a heap, amazingly with no more that mild finger bendage!
745mm
640 with bar ends on full suss
460 woodchippers on ss
420 on the cx
750mm on both, just felt fine when first used them. If I'm honest, I never noticed a big difference to begin with... untill I rode a 685mm again and it felt well weird.
640 + bar ends on Scott Spark cut down from 700. Much nicer for my style.
780 on both the HT and FS
haw about including you height - 750 is pretty wide for 5'6" but probably narrow for 6'6"
785's.
Soon to be 800's.
I remember when I first got a set of Burgtec RideWides. 750 felt enormous back then. Now it just feels odd, with my hands off the ends.
777
I overheard some guys I passed on a local trail mocking - in between s****ing one of them said. 'Jesus that guy had Cowhorns '
I personally think they look rather well proportioned on a 29er ...
all under 700 [ they are old so they must be]but i have never measured them/cannot remember
29"
750mm (xc) 780mm (dh) 420mm (road).
750 mtb, 440 road.
570ish on my HT. They used to be 610 for ages but I cut them down.
610 on my FS.
Seven hundred and ten millimeters
711
740 with 20mm rise. FS. Still clip them on things..
690 dj
720 ht
750 fs
I'm tall with a 6'6" wingspan and cut the 750s down from 780 as they were too wide. It can't healthy for smaller people to run such wide bars, can it?
785 FS
780 HT
I did try 800 but didn't like them although that may have been due to lack of rise more than width.
I recently swapped the 650 off wife's bike for some 710s. She only really rides the monsal trail but even so still said it felt loads better.
600 & 90 something, they started off as 700 something, but I just couldn't face my riding buddies knowing the number started with a seven, they might of expected me to able to pull of this new found enduro bollox 😉
740
740
762
750
440
440
440
440
740, I would love something wider but it's a tight squeeze between the trees as it is.
777 on the XC hardtail.
750 on the AM/Enduro/insert current marketing name FS
Which is probably the wrong way round.
Roadie width on the roadie.
BMX width on the BMX.
710 on one and 730 on the other.
46 c-c on the sscx
680 on the DJ
700 on the Hooker do-it-all bike
720 on the DH bike
700 off road
400 on
705mm on the 456
685mm on the lighter (sometimes single speed) ht and 25.4mm clamp on that one.
Wouldn't want any wider - it would be crap through the narrow tree and bramble lined singletrack that's a staple of my riding (and I ain't that gnar!)
780
700mm on the HT, about to go up to 760 given the most comfortable position when climbing is with half of each palm off the end of the bars.
360mm bullhorns on the commuter 🙂
700 on the ss, but i keep hanging my hands off the ends of them on climbs wondering if wider ones would feel better. I have really long arms and I think they would.
630mm on race hardtail.
685mm on f/s.
I am 6'2" and they are both 29er's by the way.
Thanx,
Max
@Retrodirect Sounds like we're in the same boat. If my bars arrive this week, I'll let you know.
725 on the hardtail
777 on the AM bike
Daughter has 711 on her hardtail
Lad has 750 on his AM bike
490mm Soma Sparrow on the SS
420mm on road bikes
The Sparrows took a while to get used to, but steering with shoulders is now second nature. The ability to pull up with hands at 10-to-2 makes for much easier climbing.
720 on the Soul
760 on the Yeti 575 is how I roll.
730 on salsa fatty, 70mm stem
740 on short travel full sus (650b), 50mm stem
800 on AM full sus (650b), 50mm stem
between 660 and 720 depending on bike (MTB), I'm 171cm tall, can't get on with anything over 720, it limits my range of upper body motion and I can't get through some of the gaps round here!
trying to get a feeling on average size these days
Sadly what I think you are getting here is the average from a self selecting sample of 'people who care about handlebar width' rather than an actual average.
Still could be useful though 🙂
780mm on Enduro, 780mm on Soda, 730mm on Fortitude SS and 680 on CinderCone.
780mm playful bike
710mm XC/big ride FS
710mm SS winter hack
620mm commuter
This thread made me go and order some new bars. 760mm wide el guapo flat bars on on-one for a tenner right now.