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Hi     the final will be streamed on Sunday 13h-14h15 : Women Elite 14h30-15h45 : Men Elite 20" 16h-17h15 : Men Elite 26" All links here: https://www.youtube.com/@1pointsport/streams Semi final:  

Sorry for the delay, to confirm, to top of grip my bar height is 107cm, and yes, it is the hex in that video Hopefully it helps you out.

The easiest way to get an answer to your question is to experiment with two different handlebars, one with a large rise and the other flatter for several days in a row. You will see that with the higher rise one it is easy to make bunnyhop and manual with a small amount of power and weight distribution instead of flatter one. On the other hand, for the backhops you need the front end close to your body to achieve proper balance on the rear wheel, so a handlebar with more lift is a compromise. Put in this "equation" and the length of the stem together and you have to do some experiments to get what you really need what to achieve. I have a "street all rounder"  Giant TT (old geometry) with an Inspired team handlebar and i make bunnyhop easier than with the same bike with a Pro two-inch riser with the same 90mm stem. So I guess it's going to be the same with Inspired bikes, but I'm by no means an expert, I'm just saying that if you do more street stuffs and use bunnyhop like going up technique,stick with this bike but if you need to spend more time on rear wheel to backhops etc. it would be more practical to get yourself a comp bike.  

I feel every centimeter in effective stack, a lot. Once you can back hop somewhat, have a go on a modern comp bike, those with the really flat long handlebar stem combos. It's astonishing what you can do on the backwheel on them. I once struggled going over ten small wooden posts set up in a circle. I switched to a friends comp bike, immediately got it nailed with ease. On the other hand, these bikes are painful to bunnyhop, at least if you don't want to land on the front wheel somewhere high up. It's a combination of reach & stack, of course, but stack is certainly doing its part in the different feel. See my other thread, I'm trying to find the real numbers of modern street bikes, as they are unfortunately nowhere to be found online. Fitting one of these https://www.ergotec.de/en/products/vorbauten/sub/ahead-vorbau/produkt/high-charisma-31-8.html right now, this should bring my bike to Inspired Team levels of stack, but it's all blind guessing without a bike to measure.

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