Don't worry about it. iam 5'7-5'8 ish around that ball park, and I ran my Sunline V1's 29.5 with Bar extensions to 31.5, and it was awsome.It's funny since I'm a pretty short and skinny guy (5'6" 125 lbs) and I run the V1 carbons on my FR bike, and my hard tail has a really wide bar as well. Now every other bike I get on feels so awkward with the narrow bars. I never knew otherwise until I grab some narrows. Weird.
couldn't have said it better. I did the same swap from funn 28's to deity 30's and at first i was a little apprehensive but after a good day of riding I absolutely loved them. so much more control in cornering and in overall bike handlingWent from a Funn 28" to a Deity 30" and it feels more stable. Took a few rides for me to get used to it, but it feels good now. Every time I've bumped up the width, it's the same: takes some time to get used to it then I like it better. I run 28" on my Prophet too, but I don't think I'd want 30s. A bit too wide for that. For DH it's all good, though. And, as you mentioned, there's no loss for trying it out- you can always cut them down.
As your whole weight shifts forward it will be harder to manual over obstacles.i think it depends on how wide your shoulder are. I'm 6'1" and have long skinny arms, reach isn't a problem, but i have narrow shoulders. for everything but rock gardens that require intense forcing the wheel into a certain line, i like about 26-26.5 bars. I'm running 28 inch because I want them there when I need them, but I feel like theres got to be a point where the benefit starts turning to detriment
the shop im odering my sunlines from say they're 29" wideHow many of you have measured your V1 bars? I got the 29.5"s in yesterday, and their defenitly 29".
Ive had Deity bars for a couple of years now on DH and DJ bikes 25.4 and 31.8mm they are tough, mine are white and they take a bit of a beating in that color but have improved there finish with the newer range can't wait to get my hands on the dirte 30s even though I can't ride still like new products!Does anyone know of reliability issues with either the sunline or deity bars? they're both super light, especially for the width and that scares me. I ended up getting the gravity bars and cutting them down to 30". At this width they weigh 380, which is still kind of heavy but I wonder about the fatigue strength of a 260-280g ish 30" bars.