Originally Posted by
scrublover
785mm low rise bars, 60mm and 70mm stems, depending on the bike. Love 'em. And I'm a whopping 5'8" tall with average shoulders/arms.
As you go wider, you need to shorten the stem - the wider bars stretch you out (obviously) in the shoulders, and this has the effect of drawing your torso more forward as well.
Great steering, lets me weight the front end of the bike like I prefer, yet still super easy to get low and back when wanted.
And as you grow taller...hi rise is your friend, hahaha.
My red ProTaper moved over to my heckler. I tried a syncros bulk 710x40mm, but I didn't like the width and sweep compared to the ProTaper.
Got a killer deal on a new ProTaper...so I'm back in business.
I've experimented with many bars. The EA70 was my bar of choice until the wide ProTaper.
