Enduro Mountain Bike Handlebar Height
Bar width is also dependant how you like to ride.
Enduro mountain bike handlebar height. Back in the day we all rode on 680 mm flat bars and even the easiest descents were terrifying. Handlebar height is perhaps not the sexiest of topics. The difference is though that it measures your ideal mountain bike seat height based on 88 3 of your inseam length. The correct bar width is a combination of your whole bike s geometry and dynamic fit bar width works significantly in relation to stem length reach and bb height.
I have a longer travel enduro bike a short travel xc race bike and a rigid single speed all 29ers. From the full faced helmet downhill mountain biker to the lycra clad cross country rider. The correct mtb handlebar height is an influential settings when we want bicycle is precisely adapted to cyclist s physical characteristics. While those two methods may seem very similar they do sometimes seem to result in seat heights that aren t equally as comfortable.
The best enduro bike 2020. Cyclists we usually give great importance to the height and correct position of the saddle of our bicycle to the position of the cleats of the shoes to the suspension of the frame and even to the inflation pressure of the tires. How to raise a handle bar stem on a 2017 specialized enduro comp mountain bike david t. The global mountain bike network is the best mtb youtube channel with videos for everyone who loves dirt.
I ve tried to make the cockpit uniform with a 70mm stem and 700mm bars across all bikes but i m wondering if i need to make adjustments to the stack height. The seat height is measured from the top of the seat to the bottom bracket. I tried going to handlebar level with the saddle height for my hardtail ht with a fork with travel reduction lockout marz z1 130mm eta but after having to walk up very steep canyon at wildcat tilden i m going back to old school 2 below the saddle. Fitting a stem raiser to increase handlebar height duration.
Then came wider riser bars and like neanderthal man we all raised up out of our crouched riding position and discovered that comfort and control were not mutually exclusive. Issue 041 review the best enduro mtb of 2020 17 mountain bikes in review.