CRANK BRO Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 What are the widest bars you can get for trials please?on my mtb i ride easton ea70 just short of 30inch ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0zzy Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 simatra mc-spanders i think there 31. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 any bars with some extenders, i have some onza flats with monty extenders they are nearly 32" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim/Trialsin USA Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Porn star theory in biketrials again.Actually, the wider the bars...........does not necessarily make for better bars. Width is about balance (hence, the high wire guys that carry long poles). BUT, in biketrials you also have to pull the front end up in any number of directions. Too wide and the front end of the bike actually gets harder to pickup (think about weight lifters, they don't have their hands extended all the way out on the bar.....because it requires more effort). I have noticed over the years that the people who were most comfortable with their bars, they ranged in width from shoulder width to shoulder width + one or two fist widths (26"-29"). Anything beyond that becomes unweildy. Don't buy by a bar on the John Holmes theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I agree....anything over 30" feels absolutely barge pole like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@banbury-trials Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 i bought a pair of sinta bars,i ended up reducing them to 29.5" in the end,they were just too long for me .steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Anything between 26-30" should be goodnothing over 30,would feel horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balfa Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Longest I've heard of are 31.50" http://www.pinkbike.com/news/2008GravityLightWidebars.html Can't get them yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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