DIRT has definitely been following the internet forums...
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danny hart should get a haircut and brendog is a sick mofo... 
Brendog's segment is funny as he!!. Nice work DIRT!
Awesome. Thanks!
Too bad Barel wasnt there as I remember he was one of the first guys to go with the wide bars and he seemed to use something crazy wide.
Also did cathro use flats or did it just look like it?
btw. I kinda see why the pros might want to use a bit higher rise bars as a large % of this years tracks are much steeper (or have steeper parts) than regular tracks we run. I think it may be one of the reasons why they dont run flats so often. Though it may be also to the fact that I see a lot of the pros just stick to the old stuff as long as it works. Another thing I noticed after switching frames is that with longer frames (and it seems a lot of the pros seem to go one size up) you need a bit narrower bars to feel comfortable (my 760 on my old long frame felt ~10mm too long while now I feel like I could even go for an extra 10mm)
Also did cathro use flats or did it just look like it?
btw. I kinda see why the pros might want to use a bit higher rise bars as a large % of this years tracks are much steeper (or have steeper parts) than regular tracks we run. I think it may be one of the reasons why they dont run flats so often. Though it may be also to the fact that I see a lot of the pros just stick to the old stuff as long as it works. Another thing I noticed after switching frames is that with longer frames (and it seems a lot of the pros seem to go one size up) you need a bit narrower bars to feel comfortable (my 760 on my old long frame felt ~10mm too long while now I feel like I could even go for an extra 10mm)
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That was rad, mainly because I never really had a clue what width to set my wife up with. Turns out she's running crazy wide bars for a girl... Thinking about cutting them down for her.
forgot which video it was from, dirt or freecaster, but i think CG was talking about how they raised their bar heights for ft william because of all the hole they are hitting at high speed. wasnt really paying attention, but i remember thinking it was interesting...if you want to find the video.
I think he was saying that during the Freecaster coverage.
Looks like some of you need to take a peek at the thread where I explained exactly how to find your proper bar width.Golden Ratio
Oh lord - I can already see people searching the web for 830+ mm bars. 
Platform pedals is all Cathro uses. He's never clipped in.
flats, as in flat bars
What is the purpose of the sponge on Rachel Atherton's bars? I know she's hurt...just curious what it actually does.
oops! sorry. Cathro is indeed running those flat bars now.
the foam on the end of Rachel bars is to help her grip the bars. She broke her pinky a few weeks ago (before the first WC). This way she doesn't have to bend her pinky as much.
one of the vids from maribor said something about dampening the virbrations to her hand.
-KT
Another good one dirt Nice ending too
Nice ending too