Hotchy Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 So I'm riding a basically Stock 2010 Zoot, and I'm coming from BMX and I've having a little bit of a hard time getting my hops as high as they were on my BMX and levelling them out and stuff like that. Basically, controlling the front end seems to be a lot trickier than it should be, so I find it harder to lift the wheel, and when I roll off curbs I can't hold the wheel high enough for long enough for me to drop properly, which is obviously worrying me, because it means I can't progress onto different things. Anyway, my question is, would higher rise bars help? Because obviously on a BMX the rise is pretty huge, and that kinda helps lift the front end, obviously the rest of the geometry is different, I was just thinking that a high rise might make it easier to lift the front and control, and make it similar to a BMX. I was thinking of getting the Inspired Arcade bars as soon as I have the money, but I don't really wanna be spending any money if I'm not going to notice a difference, so some advice/help would be really cool Cheers guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza1414 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 The standard front end on a Zoot is pretty heavy due to steel bars and forks.I changed to alloy forks and bars and it made quite a difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 and the stem. Arcade bars feel real nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 i had a zoot with a 70*25 stem and trialtech highrisers, rode really nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 For a Zoot my order of preference for an upgrade would be forks, bars, stem. You will save around 1kg from the front end swapping these over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Banks Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I still ride bmx and I find going from bmx to trials takes abit getting used to. Even with my dodgy arm, my bmx just floats of the ground, but my trials bike feels like a pig (until I get used to it). I put it down to the wheelbase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum199922 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 If you have higher bars it should make it easier to put back because you have more leverage that's why its easy on a bmx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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