I’m absolutely sold on more height - on my current 140mm 27.5 bike I’m running my stem at the top of an uncut steerer.
Having read quite a bit about bars with more sweep and thinking there must be something to it, I built my new bike with SQ Lab 30x with 45mm rise. However, after a couple of rides I had to accept they don’t work with my body. I found the extra back sweep created an uncomfortable amount of pressure on the outside of my palms.
If I hold my arms out and ‘sweep’ them outwards I can see that more back sweep would eventually make sense, but the bars would have to be getting seriously wide for that to work for me.
So yeah, glad that I tried it but listen to your body - I guess it’s the kind of thing that if it suits you, you would wonder why the ‘normal’ numbers are 7-9 degrees. But my replacement bars are Chromag FU40 at 8 degrees and they feel better to me.
Nov. 2, 2022, 3:24 a.m. - mat8246
I’m absolutely sold on more height - on my current 140mm 27.5 bike I’m running my stem at the top of an uncut steerer. Having read quite a bit about bars with more sweep and thinking there must be something to it, I built my new bike with SQ Lab 30x with 45mm rise. However, after a couple of rides I had to accept they don’t work with my body. I found the extra back sweep created an uncomfortable amount of pressure on the outside of my palms. If I hold my arms out and ‘sweep’ them outwards I can see that more back sweep would eventually make sense, but the bars would have to be getting seriously wide for that to work for me. So yeah, glad that I tried it but listen to your body - I guess it’s the kind of thing that if it suits you, you would wonder why the ‘normal’ numbers are 7-9 degrees. But my replacement bars are Chromag FU40 at 8 degrees and they feel better to me.