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I got a set of these for my Fat/29+ bike & I'm just not feeling the love. Seem OK on the long fire rd climbs, take my bike packing gear fine but their lousy on the singletrack & the do seem very low.
Anyone else running them? How'd you find them.
They (or the Jones originals) need to be at about saddle height and tilted backwards by 10-20 degrees.
I put a set on my fat bike but they were too low as the bike was second hand from someone a little shorter than me and the steerer was too short. I swapped them for Jones Riser bars which raised things by 6cm and then were fine.
I bought a set to help with tendonitis in both wrists and the extreme sweep of the bar certainly helps with that. I agree that they do feel strange when attacking singletrack or anything technical. I put 10mm extra stem than I usually run with flat bars and that's helped a lot...Maybe just a case of persevering and getting used to the shape/sweep.
I love mine but bars are pretty personal I think. I've got them on a do everything rigid 29er and really like the variety of positions they give for different types of riding. I did worry a bit about how they'd feel on more technical terrain but I've ridden loads with them now and I don't think it's the bars holding me back.
I have a set of these and the angle you set them at is crucial. I found that I needed to have mine tilted quite a lot to match my natural wrist angle, in that position they are great but they are a bit low, so I am going to add a spacer under mine.
I also run the brake levers at a much steeper (ie pointing down) angle to match my wrists. If I have them flat like on my big bike, it forces my arms into a funny position.
Just did two days fully laden bikepacking and they were ace.
I bought some for a Longitude in the hope of doing a spot of bikepacking/touring. Didn’t like them first off. Didn't have any long grips so bought some cheap foam grips and cut to size just to try them out.
Took a while to adjust the rotation and finally settle on a stem. I gave them a year, switching back and forth between the Geoffs vs a carbon flat with (Ergon GP3) bar ends. I wrapped them with bar tape and fitted Ergon GC1. I tried again. Never got any touring in after all but I’ve taken them on a good few mixed-terrain/gravel rides and there are plenty of hills hereabouts.
All said and done - found that I tend to choose and fit the flat bars w/bar ends more often.
The Geoffs (when optimally setup) are undoubtedly comfortable as far as posture is concerned, but as far as riding-comfort is concerned - for me they’re a little too wide (I can cut) and a lot too heavy/rigid (can’t help that) for my requirements. The generous back sweep tends to plant me harder on the saddle. Which is not touring style. I like to more easily balance weight-distribution fore and aft (between saddle and grips). The loop helps in this respect but I tend not to spend much time there as I would on (say) the hoods of drop bars on my road/gravel tourer. The wrist-rotation is perfect on hoods.
The Geoffs - possibly ideal in a zombie apocalypse. So (2020 being a taster) - I’ll hang on to them for the moment 🥁
I found them a little low with a flattish 35mm stem. I've just altered my set up to a short but high rise stem. 60mm with around a 35 degree rise. Transformed the handling. I can now pop the front end up and wheelie making the ride livelier.
I have Jones on my fatty and Geoffs on my 29+ - as said having them at an angle to get a more natural wrist angle helps a lot, plus I have the Ergon angled grips. I've come down some pretty steep descents like trails at the Golfie on my fatty - my bars were probably the last thing I was worried about.
Cheers folks. I'm thinking I'll try and source a far steeper stem then persevere for a bit longer.
Any suggestions for steep rising stems?
Put some on my HT for bikepacking duties and big fat grips to help with wonky elbow issues. Bit of fiddling about with angle but I like them and find no problem hammering down trails. Took a few rides to get used to them though.
Any suggestions for steep rising stems?
The BBB ones that were around are fine. I'm still using mine with a set of drop bars on an MTB frame.
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Ritchey are also fine, but IME the bolts round out easily and are worth replacing before they do.
Funnily enough I was looking at this https://www.tredz.co.uk/.BBB-HighRise-MTB-Stem_60927.htm from BBB
Before I went back to a sensible 90mm I tried this ‘Wake’ monster
Cheep and cheerful. Made me feel Dutch.
Christ it’s a shocker. And that light pointing down, what the heuh!