I might be a little late to the party here, but I need to through in the aspect of uphill performance as well. I am riding a rigid lls (long,low,slack) Hardtail singlespeed and experiment with bar rise as well. I found that on the steep climbs the 60mm rise on my sixpack does the opposite of what it does on the downhills: less controll, or at least it’s much harder to push the bars and lean forward. It might be something related specially to singlespeed use, since front end pushing in low cadence requires a lower bar to be more efficient. At least in my experience. I changed it back to 25mm rise, where it seems to me could be my sweet spot. I just had to through that in, since you are riding singlespeed as well. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this.
Nov. 11, 2022, 11:01 p.m. - rainozeros
I might be a little late to the party here, but I need to through in the aspect of uphill performance as well. I am riding a rigid lls (long,low,slack) Hardtail singlespeed and experiment with bar rise as well. I found that on the steep climbs the 60mm rise on my sixpack does the opposite of what it does on the downhills: less controll, or at least it’s much harder to push the bars and lean forward. It might be something related specially to singlespeed use, since front end pushing in low cadence requires a lower bar to be more efficient. At least in my experience. I changed it back to 25mm rise, where it seems to me could be my sweet spot. I just had to through that in, since you are riding singlespeed as well. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this.