Wide Bars And Short Stems - Speak To Me

Conners · *by **Conners** on Sat 6/May/17 9:23pm*

Ok, first ride feedback.
1. Width (730) felt pretty good in general in terms of fit.
2. Stem was actually 80mm (thought it was 70), and I didn't notice any real difference in reach from my current 90mm.
3. Clipped a tree on Towai Traverse, rode that and 491 as they're probably the tightest I normally ride. No real damage, skinned my knuckle. Pain is a good way to calibrate I guess.
4. Steering definitely felt slower and more deliberate, but certainly felt the extra leverage.

Will definitely try a shorter stem (hopefully got a 60mm on the way soon), and know that I definitely need a riser bar with similar upsweep to what I currently ride. My first test bar is flat with no upsweep, lost 40mm off my bar height and certainly felt it.

Interesting experiment so far - not jumping to any big conclusions after just one ride though. Wider certainly felt good on Super Plus - fast and a bit less toight.

Pity my shoe assoloded right at the start of the ride. An SPD jandal isn't much fun when you need to unclip in a hurry...

lastnotfast · *by **lastnotfast** on Sun 7/May/17 7:28am*

Oh no! The transition to flat pedals has begun.
He will never go back!

Velocipedestrian · *by **Velocipedestrian** on Sun 7/May/17 9:09am*

Astoria Paranoia wrote:Lol it's a small.
He'd need a large mebbe

Well he can't have mine.

It's old fashioned anyway, tiny wheels and no carbon.

Velocipedestrian · *by **Velocipedestrian** on Mon 29/May/17 10:01pm*

Been out? Ride report?

Conners · *by **Conners** on Mon 29/May/17 10:16pm*

Velocipedestrian wrote:Been out? Ride report?

And somewhere, a little boy waits...

Boik is still set up with my borrowed 40mm stem and 730 bars.
70mm stema dn 740 mm bars on a plane currently.

Although I did spot a 60mm 31.8 stem on a hand me down kids mountain bike hanging in the shed yesterday... :sneaky:

Rik · *by **Rik** on Tue 30/May/17 9:03am*

Conners wrote:Although I did spot a 60mm 31.8 stem on a hand me down kids mountain bike hanging in the shed yesterday...

Stealing candy from a child, how low can you go?

Velocipedestrian · *by **Velocipedestrian** on Tue 30/May/17 11:52am*

Nah, that's a justifiable win/win.
Kid gets the 40mm and corresponding #endubro points.

Rik · *by **Rik** on Tue 30/May/17 1:39pm*

I shouldn't say anything. I'm currently 'borrowing' my daughters bottle cage.

shmoodiver · *by **shmoodiver** on Wed 31/May/17 9:44pm*

Aaaand your headset still hasn't shipped.... :angry:

Velocipedestrian · *by **Velocipedestrian** on Wed 31/May/17 9:51pm*

shmoodiver wrote:Aaaand your headset still hasn't shipped....

They're waiting for the tea to brew properly.

Conners · *by **Conners** on Fri 2/Jun/17 12:08pm*

Package arrived yesterday - fun times ahead.
Wide bars are wide, swept bars are swept.

I didn't leave the old ones on in the end, figured I only have two hands.

Of course while I was giving the bike a general spruce up I also found the drive side BB bearing was seized. So with a new BB and headset it will have had a total makeover.