[AlCapone]

I want to try some wider and lower bars for my Stinky. I tent to airplane jumps and keep my weight on my rear wheel too much. I'm thinking about getting Atlas bars, but I've thought about getting flat bars, and I want to know which bars will be better (Flat vs low rise). I'll be using them for DH/FR, and I don't race.

 

[cracked]

I just switched to Deity Dirty 30's and love them. They give me more control of the front end allowing me to input more leverage. I feel more stable in the gnar rocky stuff and more stable as I leave the ground. My jumps and drops have improved already in the short time I've owned them

JM2C YMMV

I don't know anything about the Atlas bars.....sorry!

 

[Pete..]

I've always been a fan of Sunline V1s 19mm rise, 745mm wide.

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

Really liking my Chromag Fubar OSX's.

 

[AlCapone]

Thanks guys. I'll look into all of those.

 

[yuroshek]

im really digging my new race face atlas bars, they are very comfortable. i ran sunline 29's for 2 years and than made the switch to the atlas bars and have not even considered going back. they have sweep and rise to them, plus come in awesome colors to match your rig.

give em a try.

 

[dexterq20]

I vote for the Truvativ BooBar. 20mm rise, 780mm wide, and a very nice 7 degree backsweep, which I find to be way more comfortable than the 9 degree sweep used by most brands these days.

 

[norbar]

Element technic nicklel wide - 760mm, zero rise, 9deg backsweep and 299g weight. They made my bike ride and turn muuuuch better. Never going back.

 

[Sandwich]

Deitys, sunlines, or just about anything over 29". I have Kore 800s (torsions) in 20mm rise and I love them but they're a tad too wide. It's not bad enough to bother cutting them, and I love the added width compared to my old 26" bars.

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

im really digging my new race face atlas bars, they are very comfortable. i ran sunline 29's for 2 years and than made the switch to the atlas bars and have not even considered going back. they have sweep and rise to them, plus come in awesome colors to match your rig.

give em a try.

For everyone's info, who has these for sale currently?

Edit: nevermind... Jenson has them. I didn't think they were already available.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

little bit of spam here but i have a brand new set of atlas bars i dont need still in the packaging...only catch is they are purple, if you are interested email me at william.kirk@gmail.com ill hook you up

 

[MinorThreat]

If you act quickly, you can still get in on one of Jason's insane bar/grip color-combinations on the wide, low-rise V-One:

 

[Runner]

Another option to consider is the Nuke Proofs, they are 30", and lighter and cheaper than many other options.

 

[JCL]

I tent to airplane jumps

Sick. Tent to airplane is one of the sickest trick combo's out there.

 

[Sandwich]

The v1s sold out of perple...sad.

 

[yuroshek]

For everyone's info, who has these for sale currently?

Edit: nevermind... Jenson has them. I didn't think they were already available.

umm yea im not sure who else sells them, i got them direct from race face last month.

 

[AlCapone]

Element technic nicklel wide - 760mm, zero rise, 9deg backsweep and 299g weight. They made my bike ride and turn muuuuch better. Never going back.

Where did you buy them? I can't find them for sale in the US.

 

[yd35]

Where did you buy them? I can't find them for sale in the US.

chain reaction cycles in the uk: www.chainreactioncycles.com

 

[Bicyclist]

If you want some flat bars, I have a set of 800mm Kores I'm going to be selling soon for a pretty low price...PM me if you're interested.

/spam

 

[AlCapone]

Ok so if I can get NickelWides or Kores in the US without shipping them from the UK I'll get those, but if not I'll get Atlas'.

EDIT: Are there any other Flat bars that I could look at?

 

[redride]

Deity Dirty 30. have not looked back since. Spank bars are too soft. seen 3 bend in malaysia.

 

[redride]

flatbars: Chromag!

 

[AlCapone]

I still don't really know if I want flat bars or low risers though. I'm afraid flat bars will be wack on freeride/jump terrain.

 

[norbar]

I still don't really know if I want flat bars or low risers though. I'm afraid flat bars will be wack on freeride/jump terrain.

I did a very jumpy race last weekend and had no problems with my flats.
From flats I think sunline also started making them and also reverse has a very similar bar to elemenet (look for solid bikes distr. as reverse is their component brand).

 

[gotboost]

http://pureridersco.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_75_12

There you can get the nickel wide...

 

[Sandwich]

You can get Kore bars from bikewagon here in the US. They have flats and low rise. Can't tell you which is better for you.

 

[AlCapone]

I've decided on Atlas'. Heard great things about them. The only reason I choose those ove Sunline's in the slightly lower rise.

 

[NY_Star]

I just switched to flat bars this past week. It is very weird riding for the first few times. It can get down right sketchy if you are riding steep stuff and are not ready for it.

 

[Huck Banzai]

Having grown accustomed to the appearance of riser bars, flat bars seem so odd and my imagination sees them as not working 'right'

Craziness, but who can tell me if theres any characteristic of a flat bar that makes it feel signifacntly different, and not just look unusual (to me.)

 

[AlCapone]

Having grown accustomed to the appearance of riser bars, flat bars seem so odd and my imagination sees them as not working 'right'

Craziness, but who can tell me if theres any characteristic of a flat bar that makes it feel signifacntly different, and not just look unusual (to me.)

Lower front end so better cornering etc. You are more over the front of the bike.

 

[Huck Banzai]

Lower front end so better cornering etc. You are more over the front of the bike.

I dont mean just the lower ft end, but the feel of the bars/bend/swee[ themselves.

 

[AlCapone]

I've never ridden them so I can't tell you much.

 

[yuroshek]

I've decided on Atlas'. Heard great things about them. The only reason I choose those ove Sunline's in the slightly lower rise.

good choice, your gonna like them alot! what color did you get?

 

[TrekBro]

Funn Fatboy
1.2 rise, 29.5" wide, sweep 8/5.5 deg, only 325grams

 

[soul-skier]

i like my new boobars. low rise, wide as hell, comfy sweep, light.

 

[AlCapone]

good choice, your gonna like them alot! what color did you get?

Haven't ordered them yet because I can't decide on color . Not green or black or gold. Sooooooo blue, orange, purple or red.

 

[DirtyMike]

I just ordered some Azonic world force bars for fifty bucks, 1 in rise, 762mm wide.

 

[davep]

Having grown accustomed to the appearance of riser bars, flat bars seem so odd and my imagination sees them as not working 'right'

Craziness, but who can tell me if theres any characteristic of a flat bar that makes it feel signifacntly different, and not just look unusual (to me.)

If the mfg takes into account the compound bend in a typical riser bar and incorporates that into their flat bar, then they feel exactly the same apart from the rise. A 9* by 4* riser is NOT the same as a 9* flat bar. Flat bars need a degree or two more backsweep and be rotated 'up' to accomidate/equate the upsweep of riser bars.

I just put on a set of Gravity 777 bars. 777m wide, 10* sweep, and lighter than the wide risers that they replaced. They look like upswept aircraft wings not bars, but the feel the same as any riser of the same width....


So, to the OP, Gravity 777s are avialable here in the US, are flat, wide, light, have a good bend, and are silver. New atlas's look good as well if you want some rise, can find them in stock, and can deal with the (hideous imo) colors.

 

[AlCapone]

So, to the OP, Gravity 777s are avialable here in the US, are flat, wide, light, have a good bend, and are silver. New atlas's look good as well if you want some rise, can find them in stock, and can deal with the (hideous imo) colors.

Where can you buy the Gravity 777's? Those were my first choice but some google searches yielded no results.

 

[davep]

Well since you are in the Seattle area, I would suggest Fluidride. If they dont have them in stock, they should be able to get you a set in a couple of days (FSA/Gravity is in Woodinville).

If you want to play mail order, universal cycles says that they have them in stock.