It’s odd how mountain bike bars are pretty much all the same in terms of sweep both up and back with a few outliers of course. Whereas road bars come in deep drop, medium drop, short drop, ergo shape, non ergo traditional shapes, various widths (which of course they have to because) and often the same manufacturer makes numerous bends and shapes. Rise is less important because of spacers and riser stems which can replace bar rise to an extent but it would be nice for manufacturers to offer more bends.
I can’t help but look at this bar and think flex stem. There’s a new version of that available now for gravel bikes. That would be more simple and less costly.
I think lots of people’s chronic issues can sometimes be solved through better bike fit and/or physiotherapy gym training and that sort of thing. A trainer has helped me a lot as has being retired of course.
I wonder if the steeper seat tube angles have caused hand issues too. As your bb gets closer to being under the saddle your balance changes and you end up leaning on the bar a bit more. A higher bar helps that. A higher rise bar helped my hands not go numb.
June 15, 2020, 7:47 p.m. - Andy Eunson
It’s odd how mountain bike bars are pretty much all the same in terms of sweep both up and back with a few outliers of course. Whereas road bars come in deep drop, medium drop, short drop, ergo shape, non ergo traditional shapes, various widths (which of course they have to because) and often the same manufacturer makes numerous bends and shapes. Rise is less important because of spacers and riser stems which can replace bar rise to an extent but it would be nice for manufacturers to offer more bends. I can’t help but look at this bar and think flex stem. There’s a new version of that available now for gravel bikes. That would be more simple and less costly. I think lots of people’s chronic issues can sometimes be solved through better bike fit and/or physiotherapy gym training and that sort of thing. A trainer has helped me a lot as has being retired of course. I wonder if the steeper seat tube angles have caused hand issues too. As your bb gets closer to being under the saddle your balance changes and you end up leaning on the bar a bit more. A higher bar helps that. A higher rise bar helped my hands not go numb.