I'm running Surly Sunrise bars (chopped to 780mm), Renthal apex stem (31mm offset) and 25mm of spacers on my Privateer 161 P4 (515 reach) which gives me a slightly negative effective offset. The bike is so much easier to control and ride fast. Having the bars higher allows me to keep weight off the front of the bike for certain situations (steep drops, rock gardens, braking bumps and clearing large rocks). I have even switched with someone running a conventional setup mid trail and it confirmed how much better the high bar setup is.
Sorry I don't have a nice on trail photo to share.
*edit: can't seem to get the image to load. here's a link: [https://ibb.co/km0nfbD](https://ibb.co/km0nfbD)[](https://ibb.co/km0nfbD "high rise 161")
Nov. 2, 2022, 10:32 a.m. - roil
I'm running Surly Sunrise bars (chopped to 780mm), Renthal apex stem (31mm offset) and 25mm of spacers on my Privateer 161 P4 (515 reach) which gives me a slightly negative effective offset. The bike is so much easier to control and ride fast. Having the bars higher allows me to keep weight off the front of the bike for certain situations (steep drops, rock gardens, braking bumps and clearing large rocks). I have even switched with someone running a conventional setup mid trail and it confirmed how much better the high bar setup is.  Sorry I don't have a nice on trail photo to share. *edit: can't seem to get the image to load. here's a link: [https://ibb.co/km0nfbD](https://ibb.co/km0nfbD)[](https://ibb.co/km0nfbD "high rise 161")