ghosts_cloak Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Hi guys, I was out on bike today and my thumb joints/ wrists are a little sore. I didnt do any real drops as I have a pulled muscle in my back so I was literally riding and practsing my balance etc. Im not sure whether this may have something to do with the angle of my bars, or whether its just my puny wrists still getting used to a rigid bike! They are Easton EA 70's and I have them slightly sloping backwards towards me. I know your bike setup is a personal thing but is there a general trend in trials to have your bars sloping towards or away from you? Cheers, ~Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 It is probaly your arms and wrists etc. still getting used to the pains of trials (N) It can be caused by a really stupid set up but I think we all have the common sense of what is comfortable and whats not. You can look through the bike pics thread and look at people bar and lever angles to get a feel of what people are running. Thats what I have done in the past. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Sloping backwards sounds bad, I used to do this, till I was forced to move them forward! Have them so that the bars end, when viewed from the side tilts upwards slightly, well forward, and play about from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Sloping backwards sounds bad, I used to do this, till I was forced to move them forward! Have them so that the bars end, when viewed from the side tilts upwards slightly, well forward, and play about from there. I am completely the opposite. I like them swept back, it feels good. I never really liked upsweep either, but my new Azonic bars have upsweep and they feel ok now I've got used to it. But it's all preference. However I would suggest if it's hurting, change it :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghosts_cloak Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Hi :D I think I will try my bars a little further forward having looked through the bike pics thread, but If I dont like it it only takes minutes to move them back again! I remember an old old MBUK article where Steve Geal said that swept back bars help lift the front end up , which kind of makes sense. I will report back this afternoon after a ride! Cheers, ~Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Put them forward, the sweep of the bars will match your arms better. If the bits of your bars where you grip slope down and backwards like on a Raleigh Chopper you'll strain your wrists. With the bars forward it won't be so bad. I just don't understand how people ride with those awful dead flat bars like the Toxsin ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackghostknife Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 I have ridden with my bars right forward for afew months and i love it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghosts_cloak Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Hi guys :sleeping: Well I went for a ride today, having put my bars forwards a few degrees and I like it! They certainly arent sloping forwards, just quite upright I would say. I noticed that manuals were a little harder (probably because Im not used to it yet) but that rolling endos/stoppies were much easier for some reason!!! Maybe I was just having a good day but I could really roll around on the front wheel, lol. Irrelevant to the topic but I sanded my pads and washed my rims and the brakes seemed quite a bit better than they were previous B) Still talking about brakes, one of my pads on the rear is closer to the rim than the other - does this make much difference to the braking power? I dont know whether the piston thing needs moving to the side or whether I have inadvertantly dished my wheel to the side whilst trying to true it?! Thanks, ~Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Still talking about brakes, one of my pads on the rear is closer to the rim than the other - does this make much difference to the braking power? I dont know whether the piston thing needs moving to the side or whether I have inadvertantly dished my wheel to the side whilst trying to true it?! You may have dished it slightly, having one pad closer just means youll get less bite from your brake, but it wont affect hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghosts_cloak Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Thanks Hobnobs, thats good to know. Still, I think I will try and move the wheel over slightly or move the piston thingy to get them evenly spaced :sleeping: ~Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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