how much rise???
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It all comes down to your bike, BB height, your prefs, etc...
I run the .75" rise and like them. I've been migrating from 2" rise bars to lower and lower bars. Mainly because BB heights are getting lower than they were 5 years ago.
That about the only reason or advice I can offer as to why the trend is currently for lower rise bars. Back when we had 15" (or higher) BB heights, you pretty much needed 2" rise bars.
I run the .75" rise and like them. I've been migrating from 2" rise bars to lower and lower bars. Mainly because BB heights are getting lower than they were 5 years ago.
That about the only reason or advice I can offer as to why the trend is currently for lower rise bars. Back when we had 15" (or higher) BB heights, you pretty much needed 2" rise bars.
I think you should get the .75 man. You have enough skill to be able to rock the over the bars standover up forward approach and I think it would be a good advantage for you. Do it, and if you dont like it ill buy them off you possibly cause ive been thinking of trying them myself.
Good luck.
Good luck.
^ haha not quite. What im trying to say is that it does take a considerable amount of skill to be able to take that approach on gnarly sections of a track. Skill and confidence. Think back when you first started DHin and came to a pretty gnarly chute how far back you were on the bike. It makes things seem less steep, but we all know that being up front on the bike in the constant attack position is a way better approach to anything. These bars would allow him to do that a little more would they not?
i got your point, but just wanted to add some bikerfox madness. :biggrin:
do you mean something like this:
Kiss of death!!!!!! I bet he rode that out!!!!!
On topic. Ya, my bike has a tallish headtube and an 8" fork. I added the no-rise 45mm sunline direct mount stem a few months ago and quite like it so the .75 should make that much better. If not I'll be out the price of a bar.
Most of the sunline bars I see online are the low rise....must be for a reason.
yeah I think the lower bars would be good on your bike dave. The Faith has allways felt too tall in the front to me.
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I had the 29.5" sunlines low rise on my sunday tested for a few weeks even raced with them. The end result their TOO wide! and im pretty tall at 5'11 with fairly long arms, I think the combo of the low rise plus the really wide bars just felt weird not that comfortable. I went back to my trusty 28" funn fatboys, feel much better, but i guess its different bikes too.. theres my opinion
.75, the 1.5s are not as wide as the .75s. you might hate how wide they are at first but give it a week of riding and you will never go back
You can't get the 1.5" rise in the 29.5" width. If so that'll make my choice easy.
Sorry, but both rises are available in both widths....
There is no reason to go with the higher bar. You can always raise a bar with headset spacers, a different stem, or adjusting your fork stanchions. You cannot however always lower a bar that is too high.
There is no reason to go with the higher bar. You can always raise a bar with headset spacers, a different stem, or adjusting your fork stanchions. You cannot however always lower a bar that is too high.
Thats what I thought.
i second the low rise wide bar, just slapped a pair of gravitys on my bike at 800mm im not going to cut them until i get some serious woods time but they feel awesome...
my 8" fork puts enough rise on my front end i need to retain a bit of schralpability
my 8" fork puts enough rise on my front end i need to retain a bit of schralpability
32" handlebar..........crazytime!!!!!!!
