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Forum: Mountain Biking

06-14-17, 03:34 PM

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Less sweep or more width?

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Posted By RubeRad

Yeah, I rotated them every whichway, wasn't able...

Yeah, I rotated them every whichway, wasn't able to find an orientation that was any better.

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-14-17, 03:33 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

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Posted By RubeRad

Garden hose is an interesting idea as well. ...

Garden hose is an interesting idea as well.

I was able to take a nice hard ride today for over an hour, the ergon-like grips seemed to help. Hopefully that's a good enough solution. Garden hose is...

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-13-17, 03:55 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

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Posted By RubeRad

Hmm, I have trouble thinking about this. I just...

Hmm, I have trouble thinking about this. I just did a simple check by holding pencils in my fists on the desk, and tracing lines along the pencils, roughly extending the lines, and eyeballing the...

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-08-17, 09:17 AM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

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Posted By RubeRad

I guess so, but I don't get the appeal of...

I guess so, but I don't get the appeal of sticking 2 or 3 fingers out.

I put the other grips on last night, rode around the parking lot a little, they might help. They're pretty small actually,...

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-07-17, 01:05 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

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Posted By RubeRad

Looking at all the models, for GP2/3/4/5, when...

Looking at all the models, for GP2/3/4/5, when they say GP2 has a "2-finger mini-bar-end" vs GP3 "3-finger bar-end" and GP4 "full size comfort bar end", what exactly are they talking about? How does...

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-07-17, 12:39 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

Views: 2,069

Posted By RubeRad

Hmm, I have a pair of ergon-like grips from eBay,...

Hmm, I have a pair of ergon-like grips from eBay, on another bike, that I've been thinking of trying out. I'll slap them on before my next ride, see how they do.

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-07-17, 12:20 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

Views: 2,069

Posted By RubeRad

Why would I want more sweep? Seems to me that...

Why would I want more sweep? Seems to me that would isolate pressure onto the outsides of my palms even more

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-06-17, 10:37 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

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Posted By RubeRad

That spec is wrong. My bar is 710 already, and as...

That spec is wrong. My bar is 710 already, and as near as I can estimate from a pic, it's got 10deg sweep. My wife's full-sus...

Forum: Mountain Biking

06-06-17, 03:12 PM

Replies: 16

Less sweep or more width?

Views: 2,069

Posted By RubeRad

Less sweep or more width?

I ride this hardtail (http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/fantom29pro_SL_xii.htm), the handlebar is "Ritchey COMP Rizer 20mm * 620w * 6° Alloy DIA:31.8Aluminum 6061 T6", which I assume...

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