marcel-ahrens@live.de Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Hi guys,i use the breath gilles carbon handlebar in black white with orginal length.what is better for sidehop power and pedal up to front, do you think orginal length 720 ? or cut to 68 ? Lg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardweb Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Handlebars' length is all about personnal preference in my opinion. Also you need to take in account your shoulders width. In road cycling, handlebars length is (nearly) the same as your shoulder width. It lets you breath better and have better support on the road. In trials, having longer or shorter bars is personnal and about the riding level. I believe having shorter bars needs better sideways balance, so you need to train that before trimming your bars. It changes your riding sensation a lot so cut them progessively! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Handlebars' length is all about personnal preference in my opinion. Also you need to take in account your shoulders width. In road cycling, handlebars length is (nearly) the same as your shoulder width. It lets you breath better and have better support on the road. In trials, having longer or shorter bars is personnal and about the riding level. I believe having shorter bars needs better sideways balance, so you need to train that before trimming your bars. It changes your riding sensation a lot so cut them progessively!Or just move grips and levers in and try it out w/o cutting the bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Or just move grips and levers in and try it out w/o cutting the bars.If you do this, please, please, please use decent bar ends. Can all end in tears otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebryan Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 I have just recently cut my bars to 680 and found it way easier to stall in back wheel, I found I was using shoulder muscles to pull rather than arm, I just moved brakes in to test and then cut bars, moved grips later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 If there's any difference at all, I'd expect narrower bars to give you more power. You can preload further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 i've recently started running my grips narrower (i use tape so i just fix the grip on the outer of my bar) i'm limited by how far inbound my brake levers can sit on the bars but so far it feels alot better for getting the power down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel-ahrens@live.de Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 maybe i try for the first 690mm ... bevor i ride with bonz in 680mm but with the white breath handlebar my feeling is that is in orginal lengh longer than other bars, maybe because he is so bent forward ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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