Trials Punk Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Basiccly I'm really not sure what to do. I ride mainly street, hardly ever touch the natural stuff. I've been running Brisa 29" flat bars for a while now and I'm riding in a much more streety style now, 180ing up stuff, x-ups all the generall street things. So I was wondering would I be any better off If I bought some EA70's 27" Riser bars? From peoples experiances are riser bars better for street? I'd also be running a kore 100mm stem with 10 degree rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 I go for flat risers (Y) e.g. koxx bars (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 I recently tried out risers and found them great for the stuff you have mentioned but i found my true style of riding required a more trialsy approach. So went back to koxx bars/big long truvative stem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 I'd go for some pazzaz (or onza) carbon 'riser' bars. £50 for the onzas from supercycles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarshRider Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 risers you could get something like pazza/zoo risers meaning you get the best of both worlds! though easton are nice bars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspired Dave Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 From Riding Danny Smith's bike, I can say that the Onza Carbon risers are a good mix between street and 'natural' technique-y stuff. When he was riding his woodstock, he had them kinda swept back, as risers are normally (like on dirt/jump bikes). They felt great for bunnyhops and 180's etc. I'm running the same bars now, and with them tilted forwards a bit they're awesome for more 'compy' sorta trials. They can be x-up'd nicely when swpet back as Danny had his, but they are a little more awkward to x-up when tilted forwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 I'd go for some pazzaz (← yeah, ive recently made the change from Brisa to Pazzaz, and it's great (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 i have just changed my brisa's over to a set of race face diabolus bars. they do feel weird on my bike, but im getting a new frame which sort it all out again. they are only 1" shorter than brisa's but they feel easier to x'up with. and you can adjust the angle to get it spot on for your riding/ bike feel (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 I prefer risers over flats! I find flats uncomfortable and awquard (sp???) for street, especially wider ones like the brisa! It sounds that you are mainly gonna ride street, so I would go for either the ea50 or ea70s depending on how much you can afford They are well made and strong, my ea70s lasted 2.5 yrs!! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialskid Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 get the eastons kyle, i have allways wondered why you run flat bars you fool :D im not to sure about strengh, mine only lasted 5ish months and then they wouldnt warrenty them (Y) had to pay £20 crash replacement which isnt really right considering they have a 5 year warrenty (Y) oh well:p trying med rise now, might be a bit stronger than the high rise ones before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 get the eastons kyle, i have allways wondered why you run flat bars you fool :P im not to sure about strengh, mine only lasted 5ish months and then they wouldnt warrenty them :mellow: had to pay £20 crash replacement which isnt really right considering they have a 5 year warrenty :blink: oh well:p trying med rise now, might be a bit stronger than the high rise ones before. ← what the hell do you lot do to your bars :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 go fot the low-fiser style bar. something like 1" rise. onza koxx zoo/echo easton best of both worlds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Recently, I moved from Monty flats to Koxx 'flats'. To be honest, I don't think I could go back to proper flat bars. Risers feel so much comfier in my opinion. Having said that, the change didn't better or hinder my riding in any way. The bike just felt better to ride and didn't give me as much wrist trouble. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnzaNewbie Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I pefer the onza standard bars. So i'm buying some onza carbon bars soon. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 personnaly i prefer risers currently i run a set of 2.5inch azonic doubwalls on my base and they rock :blink: i ran onza flatties for about 2 days and reely didnt get on with them-even on natural i run a 100mm raceface stem by the way im now getting some answer pro tapers (in gold of course) as azonics havent got a great reputation for strength :mellow: however i used to own an onza t raptor and it felt great with flatties-but once i put risers on it felt horrible try borrowing some riser bars off someone first and running them for a week or so thats the best way to see how it compares imo hope ive helped :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 personnaly i prefer risers currently i run a set of 2.5inch azonic doubwalls on my base and they rock :blink: i ran onza flatties for about 2 days and reely didnt get on with them-even on natural i run a 100mm raceface stem by the way im now getting some answer pro tapers (in gold of course) as azonics havent got a great reputation for strength :mellow: however i used to own an onza t raptor and it felt great with flatties-but once i put risers on it felt horrible try borrowing some riser bars off someone first and running them for a week or so thats the best way to see how it compares imo hope ive helped :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 When i had my raiser bars they snapped, its probably becasue it came with a buget bike, but i went onto flat bars and they seem ok. :mellow: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cultiv8ed_mike Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I have had the same Echo bars for 2 years. Nuff said :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialskid Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 what the hell do you lot do to your bars :blink: ← i dunno :mellow: :"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 what the hell do you lot do to your bars :blink: ← he knows what experiences he's had with them :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 im rather pleased with my echo bars actually. very strong to :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Serioously get the onza carbon risers (£50). Ive got the onza carbon flats (£32) and they are really really nice, but the risers are nicer. By the way these both are EXACTLY the same as the pazzaz carbon flat and riser bars, which are much more expensive, but often reviewed as the ultimate bars. Onza carbon risers are apparently lighter than the flats, too. Get some they are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 I really like the shape of the new wave of competition style bars ie zoo, pazzaz, onza carbon risres etc, they are good for both street and natural. I had the brisa elite bar and stem for a while then bought the zoo bar and stem setup as soon as it came out (stock). I can safely say i much prefer the zoo bars as they have a riser style of shape and feel, but have the width of flat bars. Best of both worlds... >_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 im rather pleased with my echo bars actually. very strong to >_< ← I said that in november... ^^^^^ I now say, ZOO! Risers all the way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmil1489 Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 I would definately go for some flat bars. Onza carbons would be a good choice,i would always go for flats because all the bikes that i have ridden with risers just feel really bad and awkward in ways!! Cheers Spud :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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