Tom Booth Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Right after riding with the local bmx'er quite alot in the past month, ive decided i wanna try abit more of a street aproacch to my riding, but still ride the usual gap drop sidehop aproach to riding. Im currently runnig a 120x7 dmr stem and try all bars, making it soo hard to bunny hop. I was thinking replacing my bar and stem for something along the lines of 90x15 with dmr wingbar risers. Would this improve the feel of the bike in ters of 'streetness' or would it just ride like shit? To Poor to buy a shorter frame :turned: cheers Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 2" double walls and a nice shortish stem. tilt em back a bit as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Long bikes with mtb bars and stems do ride horrid to be honest. You can ride street with any set up to be honest. To be honest. I say that too much to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I recken long bikes with short high stems are mint :turned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I recken long bikes with short high stems are mint :turned: Defeating the object of long and low (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 i used ot think it was impossible to bunnyhop my t-rex with a 120x6 stem and onza carbon risers, until i actually stopped telling people it wasnt possible and tried it.... its easy! takes a fair bit of getting used to.... ut once oyu get it mastered, its really not so bad! i can do fairly large (5ftx3ftish) bunnyhop gaps up to stuff, and can bunnyhop around 43'' to backwheel.... all after just a week or so of trying, having previously not bunnyhopped for abot 3 years!!!! dont make your bike feel nasty :turned: learn to ride it properly.... just to prove my point.... i had a few goes on mates bikes last wednesday, trying mega spins.... Leeson-couldnt spin it at all revel-could hardly spin it really-rubbish attempt orange zero-not a chance back onto my rex, and i pulled off the most perfcet mega spin, going way past 360 degrees.... first time.... long bikes rule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 dont make your bike feel nasty :P learn to ride it properly.... just to prove my point.... i had a few goes on mates bikes last wednesday, trying mega spins.... Leeson-couldnt spin it at all revel-could hardly spin it really-rubbish attempt orange zero-not a chance back onto my rex, and i pulled off the most perfcet mega spin, going way past 360 degrees.... first time.... long bikes rule! Yep, Rich Ainsley can spin my Toxsin easier than his Leeson :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shovel Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 (edited) Long bikes with mtb bars and stems do ride horrid to be honest. You can ride street with any set up to be honest. To be honest. I say that too much to be honest. not sure about that, i use easton ea70 mid rise bars tilted forward a bit with a thomson elite stem 100mm 5degree stem (both of which are more mtb items than trials specific, especially bars) on my toxsin and it rides really good Edited November 23, 2005 by shovel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarshRider Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Yep, Rich Ainsley can spin my Toxsin easier than his Leeson (Y) you also cant spell ainslie you sexy beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clownbike Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Spray it black :) then you will have no problems ;) Neil (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Having high bars on a long bike doesnt defeat the point at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 (edited) Having high bars on a long bike doesnt defeat the point at all. If that comment was towards me, I shall begin. Leesons are usually streetier bikes. Strangely enough they aren't long and low. T-Rex is a fairly long and low bike, therefore trying to make it street, would once again in a strange manner, be defeating the object of a long and low bike. Edited November 24, 2005 by MrMonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Not aimed at you just a general comment. Just because a bike is long doesnt mean it has to have low bars, like wise a shorter bike doesnt have to have higher bars. Long bikes can be bunny hopped really well with higher bars. For comps then a long bike with lower bars tend to be good, but even then look at wayne on his Levelboss, he has quite high bars and won expert this year. If he wants high bars then you can call his bike long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 you also cant spell ainslie you sexy beast Damn, I guess you'll just have to rape me again like you did last night. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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