Aftermarket cross-country handle bars
06-16-21, 06:21 PM
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Aftermarket cross-country handle bars
What are some aftermarket cross-country handles bars to buy?
06-16-21, 08:08 PM
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Amy of them. What bars do you want? This is quite the silly question. Length rise, backsweep, clamp diameter, material? What do you want them to do that your current bars don't?...
This is a better question for Google or Ask Jeeves then a bike forum. Also if you are trying to upgrade that Pitch again wouldn't do it, run it into the ground and buy a better bike down the line. Handlebars aren't really going to make great improvements and the improvements that one might normally make may not be compatible with the new bike or will be but aren't handlebars. Unless you need something longer or with more rise or backsweep, I would leave well enough alone.
This is a better question for Google or Ask Jeeves then a bike forum. Also if you are trying to upgrade that Pitch again wouldn't do it, run it into the ground and buy a better bike down the line. Handlebars aren't really going to make great improvements and the improvements that one might normally make may not be compatible with the new bike or will be but aren't handlebars. Unless you need something longer or with more rise or backsweep, I would leave well enough alone.
06-16-21, 08:33 PM
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No there for a friends $1000 dollar bike he wants different bars
06-17-21, 04:06 AM
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There ar dozens of different designs. You can’t simply slap on a random kind and expect any improvement from it.
Would you go shopping for shoes in the same vague manner?
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Renthal, Enve, Jones, RaceFace, Deity, ——- Really, theres a bunch out there. Go to the Jenson online catalog
i like Renthal because i support brands with a motorcycling tie in, but thats a lifestyle choice only— they are all pretty good
i like Renthal because i support brands with a motorcycling tie in, but thats a lifestyle choice only— they are all pretty good
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At times these forums are handy. Other times... full of lazy people with silly questions. We have this thing called Google. Use it.
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=cross...ike+handlebars
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=cross...ike+handlebars
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Imagine going into a hardware store and saying "I need stuff and things but I want it to be different from the stuff and things I currently have" They will probably laugh or ignore you especially if they have asked questions to find out what you need and you came back with that answer.
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Imagine going into a hardware store and saying "I need stuff and things but I want it to be different from the stuff and things I currently have" They will probably laugh or ignore you especially if they have asked questions to find out what you need and you came back with that answer.
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Different how? Wider? Narrower? Lighter? More sweep?
And what is he using now? Really hard to recommend something different than what he has now when we don’t know what he has now.
And what is he using now? Really hard to recommend something different than what he has now when we don’t know what he has now.
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I generally have been going wider over years. I'm 6' and have longish arms. I really like bars in the 780-790 mm range. My favorite is the Syntace line in carbon with a 25mm rise and I think a 9 degree sweep. I have been using them for years though I have ENVEs on another bike and don't like them as much.
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06-17-21, 07:53 PM
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Ill have to suggest those bars for my friend thank you
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