I dont have any resorts nearby nor shuttle friends thus I am peddling up my DH runs.
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Both. See PB's survey. Also, bike shop buddies tell me that hardly anyone cuts their bars, so they ride what comes stock. As most companies spec wider bars these days, that is what people are using. Usually only the more experienced riders know what they want or experiment until they do.
For me it is 685-710 on the trail/XC bikes, 740 on the enduro, and between 740 and 780 on the DH bikes. Just going by shoulder width, my sweet spot is between 710 and 740, also depending on bike, bar shape and stem length.
That sounds more like lazy bike shops not bothering to try to help customers bikes to fit. Also has little correlation with anyone's skill.
6'2" Ape-index +1.5
Trail and DH bikes are both setup with 780.
Tried going back to a 750 on the trail bike as an experiment. Nope.
I am having a hard time fathoming how I rode with < 600
Looking at the PB stuff I seem to be in the same neighborhood as others my size.
Trail and DH bikes are both setup with 780.
Tried going back to a 750 on the trail bike as an experiment. Nope.
I am having a hard time fathoming how I rode with < 600
Looking at the PB stuff I seem to be in the same neighborhood as others my size.
Ha, 6'2" with a +3,6'2" Ape-index +1.5
Trail and DH bikes are both setup with 780.
Tried going back to a 750 on the trail bike as an experiment. Nope.
I am having a hard time fathoming how I rode with < 600
Looking at the PB stuff I seem to be in the same neighborhood as others my size.
780 on my fatty, I think I'm still 800 on my new size 4 GG, yet I happily just did a ride on my Ti rigid 29er which has 700mm Ti bars with a 100mm stem
I think my DH bike still has the 820's it came with and I do need to trim those just a little bit.
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Ha, 6'2" with a +3,
780 on my fatty, I think I'm still 800 on my new size 4 GG, yet I happily just did a ride on my Ti rigid 29er which has 700mm Ti bars with a 100mm stem
I think my DH bike still has the 820's it came with and I do need to trim those just a little bit.
It is almost as though you are equipped with some powerful control system that can easily adapt to different mechanical setups. Where the overall performance is based more on how well that control system can identify and react to terrain than small differences in the length of a few sticks.
Have to say I’m with @iRider on this one. Narrower end of things for me.
A lot of the trails here are narrow of have slalom-y features which pushes one in that direction too, and a fair part of my formative MTB years were when super narrow bars were all the rage.
Also IMO ergonomics aside unless you’re a big dude 800 kinda just makes you look like a dick.
A lot of the trails here are narrow of have slalom-y features which pushes one in that direction too, and a fair part of my formative MTB years were when super narrow bars were all the rage.
Also IMO ergonomics aside unless you’re a big dude 800 kinda just makes you look like a dick.
770 for me.
770 is my sweet spot.
How many times you drop that wall?
kids will be impressed 
Nice pic! Looks like it's the Horsetooth trails but might be the south side of Lory? I lived in west FoCo near Maxwell and could ride from home and do Lory/Horsetooth loops and drop by Black sheep on the way home to drool over Ti. For front county trail funness, FoCo is the shit!!
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Indeed, I rode out of Lory that day. Took that pic on Timber trail I think. I followed the 4SOH route. Been visiting family in Laramie and it's easy to come down 287 for a FoCo shreddy. I LOVE the fact I can get to Lory without traversing the sprawling hell hole. I have some relatives in Masonville also which seems like a nice place to be from. The trails at Horsetooth are a good mix of smooth pedaling flat stuff and chunky rocky techfest. I want to spend more time on the trails at the south end of the reservoir - seems like the 4SOH route barely scratches the surface.
Indeed, I rode out of Lory that day. Took that pic on Timber trail I think. I followed the 4SOH route. Been visiting family in Laramie and it's easy to come down 287 for a FoCo shreddy. I LOVE the fact I can get to Lory without traversing the sprawling hell hole. I have some relatives in Masonville also which seems like a nice place to be from. The trails at Horsetooth are a good mix of smooth pedaling flat stuff and chunky rocky techfest. I want to spend more time on the trails at the south end of the reservoir - seems like the 4SOH route barely scratches the surface.
Yeah, the tech chunk of Horsetooth/Lory westside connections where my favorites... probably too snowy for that now. The Blue sky out'n back is coo cruise. I'm not a huge fan of infrastructure but the water fountains at Horsetooth means 2 bottles can cover it all! Enjoy
Is RF your ass sponsor? Can't see it really clearly.
PAGING @kidwoo - please emerge from your snowy slumber to admonish this whippersnapper.Shakedown ride with new wide crabon barz. I didn't die (yet).
Ending '21 shy of 5k miles, Sun had an Irish Goodbye today which brought down Temps. 35 miles / 2150ft plus 3rd on a sideroad climb to Miss Porters in Old Farmington to finish.
Ended with 10k in just a smidgen over 30 minutes.
AKA: stuck in the middle of the English Channel.
AKA: stuck in the middle of the English Channel.
Oh man this is makin me all reminisce. My wife used to drop me at horsetooth and I would make my way back to Loveland via the devils backbone. Good times on those trails.
