murph82 Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 Hi Thought I would introduce myself. I'm kevin, 28, recently started riding again after dropping it for 7 years or so. Enjoyed street riding mostly, was kind of ok but never had in me to go massive! Had a pashley 26mhz with u.s.e tfi''s which was one of THE framesets to have back then! Anyway, trying to get back on now. Have picked up a fairly good spec bike secondhand from different places, Koxx LB 1065, dmr/tryall rear wheel, sun front disc wheel, hs33's, echo barand stem. BUT.....with current bar and stem it feels a bit flat, think what I have is probably 5 deg and 100mm, I was thinking 25 deg+ and 120mm +. I'm 5'10.........any opinions? direction would be appreciated! Have registered here to be able to find out how things work now and what the vibe is! Thanks Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 ha validated u. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 ha validated u. Thanks Not sure how well I'm gonna get on with getting back on a bike, used to love it then just stopped enjoying it, need to get a proper hobby back though, I work to much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Get a 110x10 or 120x20ish stem on there, should be fine, you'll benefit from a nice set of risers too. Oh and welcome back to the sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Get a 110x10 or 120x20ish stem on there, should be fine, you'll benefit from a nice set of risers too. Oh and welcome back to the sport are the trials risers the same as normal mtb risers? only had flat bars when i used to ride? was thinking about maybe using a short mod stem with flat bar i have, might look a bit odd but could put the bars in a similar place, i like the look of the position on the koxx sky bikes?? thanks for suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 No, trials riser bars tend to have more up and back sweep on them. Making standard handlebars look rather flat by comparison. I used onza carbons as a transition from flat bars then recently i've moved onto monty's and now viz bars. Flat bars aren't very nice, i would ditch them if i were you. on a 1065 a really long stem will see you quite far over the front of the bike, which can feel a little unnatural. At 5'10" i'd be inclined to go for something between 100 and 120mm with maybe 10-15 degrees of rise. Then a nice set of riser bars to compliment it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph82 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 No, trials riser bars tend to have more up and back sweep on them. Making standard handlebars look rather flat by comparison. I used onza carbons as a transition from flat bars then recently i've moved onto monty's and now viz bars. Flat bars aren't very nice, i would ditch them if i were you. on a 1065 a really long stem will see you quite far over the front of the bike, which can feel a little unnatural. At 5'10" i'd be inclined to go for something between 100 and 120mm with maybe 10-15 degrees of rise. Then a nice set of riser bars to compliment it. Ok mate, thanks for your opinion, part of the length was to give a little more reach, feels a touch short, to be honest I bought the frame second hand because it was cheap and looked a better geo than the martin hawyes rep i had so could probably just do with a longer frame! I'll look into gettin some bars. I used to ride downhill bars on my pashley years ago but never got especially good so wanted to get a more pure set up this time round, i'll give it a go! I just want to up the front end a lot as the bike feels very flat, want to replicate the look of the koxx sky bikes! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Ok mate, thanks for your opinion, part of the length was to give a little more reach, feels a touch short, to be honest I bought the frame second hand because it was cheap and looked a better geo than the martin hawyes rep i had so could probably just do with a longer frame! I'll look into gettin some bars. I used to ride downhill bars on my pashley years ago but never got especially good so wanted to get a more pure set up this time round, i'll give it a go! I just want to up the front end a lot as the bike feels very flat, want to replicate the look of the koxx sky bikes! Cheers The koxx sky bikes have a very high front end to compensate for the high bottom bracket though. The levelboss will have a flat bottom bracket, so putting a similar stem as designed for the sky frames will result in the balance point on the back wheel being fairly sluggish on your koxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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