First up Andrew, another good one.
Now onto the premise, I mess with my setup all the time (can't understand how you're like me and live with glue/wired on grips, lock ons are a must) and I recently bought a SQLabs 30X 16 degree bar after trying a cheaper Salsa 11 degree bar (also after reading your review of them) and it not being enough. Really liking the position it let's me get my hands in without needing so much elbow bend, great for all the pedaling I like to do on flats, rolling, climbing and haven't noticed any downsides descending, all of course on a rigid Unit. Now wondering if it's going to feel weird when I hop back on my FS with only 9 degree sweep bars.
Agree with playing with bar rotation, not everyone is the same and while the intended design might work for the engineer who designed them or the rider that inpired them, you might prefer a slightly different angle. To me it's amazing the amount of people who bring bikes to me with bars rotated forward so far that there is no upsweep, actually there's down sweep and much less back sweep and when I "adjust them" they are amazed at how much better they feel and make the bike handle.
As to the actual article, yeah, it's PB and RC, take both with a BIG pinch of salt. Something that I noticed so long ago watching the EWS was Issabeu's bar width, could never fathom how someone who barely breaks 5ft tall can run the same width bar as I have on some of my bikes and I'm 6'2". In her case, I personally think she'd be much better off trimming 20-40mm off her width, she always looks so pulled over the front because of that wide bar.
As to your current setup, actually looks quite fine with those longer lever blades for me and one finger braking with hands all the way out to the edge of the grips ;-)
Dec. 21, 2018, 4:17 a.m. - MountainBikeBarbados .
First up Andrew, another good one. Now onto the premise, I mess with my setup all the time (can't understand how you're like me and live with glue/wired on grips, lock ons are a must) and I recently bought a SQLabs 30X 16 degree bar after trying a cheaper Salsa 11 degree bar (also after reading your review of them) and it not being enough. Really liking the position it let's me get my hands in without needing so much elbow bend, great for all the pedaling I like to do on flats, rolling, climbing and haven't noticed any downsides descending, all of course on a rigid Unit. Now wondering if it's going to feel weird when I hop back on my FS with only 9 degree sweep bars. Agree with playing with bar rotation, not everyone is the same and while the intended design might work for the engineer who designed them or the rider that inpired them, you might prefer a slightly different angle. To me it's amazing the amount of people who bring bikes to me with bars rotated forward so far that there is no upsweep, actually there's down sweep and much less back sweep and when I "adjust them" they are amazed at how much better they feel and make the bike handle. As to the actual article, yeah, it's PB and RC, take both with a BIG pinch of salt. Something that I noticed so long ago watching the EWS was Issabeu's bar width, could never fathom how someone who barely breaks 5ft tall can run the same width bar as I have on some of my bikes and I'm 6'2". In her case, I personally think she'd be much better off trimming 20-40mm off her width, she always looks so pulled over the front because of that wide bar. As to your current setup, actually looks quite fine with those longer lever blades for me and one finger braking with hands all the way out to the edge of the grips ;-)