Why do almost all MTB bars sweep back?
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Chainsaw Rebuild said:
Could you get a longer stem to move the bars away from you?
Maybe moving your saddle further away might help too.
I don't think it's the reach, as in every other way they feel right. I just feel as though comfort would be achieved with the bars fully perpendicular to my direction of travel, and any sweep back from that reduces the comfort. Maybe moving your saddle further away might help too.
With your wrist relaxed, make a fist as though holding a bar - taking a straight line through your forearm, look at the angle the bar would be - it's not perpendicular
To make the angle perpendicular you'll need to rotate your hand inwards. Then you have a straight line going down the outside of your forearm and along your hand - this isn't a natural position and will put strain on the outside of your wrist which may become ucomfortable over the duration of a ride.
This is general of course, your wrists indeed favour a more straight bar.
To make the angle perpendicular you'll need to rotate your hand inwards. Then you have a straight line going down the outside of your forearm and along your hand - this isn't a natural position and will put strain on the outside of your wrist which may become ucomfortable over the duration of a ride.
This is general of course, your wrists indeed favour a more straight bar.
keith2.2 said:
With your wrist relaxed, make a fist as though holding a bar - taking a straight line through your forearm, look at the angle the bar would be - it's not perpendicular
To make the angle perpendicular you'll need to rotate your hand inwards. Then you have a straight line going down the outside of your forearm and along your hand - this isn't a natural position and will put strain on the outside of your wrist which may become ucomfortable over the duration of a ride.
This is general of course, your wrists indeed favour a more straight bar.
I just tried that... If anything, I reckon I need a forwards sweep! To make the angle perpendicular you'll need to rotate your hand inwards. Then you have a straight line going down the outside of your forearm and along your hand - this isn't a natural position and will put strain on the outside of your wrist which may become ucomfortable over the duration of a ride.
This is general of course, your wrists indeed favour a more straight bar.
Kermit power said:
Excellent! 
You won't mind pointing some out to me then, given that there's no filter for backsweep and every single bloody pair I've just looked at ranges between 6 to 9 degrees of sweep?
Ok like that is it?You won't mind pointing some out to me then, given that there's no filter for backsweep and every single bloody pair I've just looked at ranges between 6 to 9 degrees of sweep?
Well show us a picture of what you have then as we are not psychic.
If you know you want a straight bar just buy an XC bar, as they use straight bars to get their weight as far over the front wheel as possible. But that is not neccessarily allowing for comfort.
Here, did you look at the UKs largest online retailer?
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/handlebars/mtb...
You may also need someone to help you get your riding position sorted if you feel like your elbows are in your sides. Personally it sounds like your bars are not wide enough.
The_Jackal said:
Ok like that is it?
Well show us a picture of what you have then as we are not psychic.
If you know you want a straight bar just buy an XC bar, as they use straight bars to get their weight as far over the front wheel as possible. But that is not neccessarily allowing for comfort.
Here, did you look at the UKs largest online retailer?
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/handlebars/mtb...
You may also need someone to help you get your riding position sorted if you feel like your elbows are in your sides. Personally it sounds like your bars are not wide enough.
I looked at the UK's largest online reseller, but I rather suspect you didn't, as none of the bars you've linked to have zero sweep. If I could go on to CRC and easily find zero sweep handlebars, I would've done. Flat bars are easy to find, but I'm not necessarily looking for flat bars... Well show us a picture of what you have then as we are not psychic.
If you know you want a straight bar just buy an XC bar, as they use straight bars to get their weight as far over the front wheel as possible. But that is not neccessarily allowing for comfort.
Here, did you look at the UKs largest online retailer?
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/handlebars/mtb...
You may also need someone to help you get your riding position sorted if you feel like your elbows are in your sides. Personally it sounds like your bars are not wide enough.
The bars I currently have are 785mm wide Race Face SixC carbon bars which have an 8 degree back sweep.
dly uncomfortable. That's most likely why nobody makes a bar like that.The_Jackal said:
So what do you want?
Same bar but less sweep?
How much less? 1, 3, 5?
Give us a clue and we can go look for you?
The same bars would be fine worth a little sweep as possible, but I've not got orangutan arms, so there must be something else going on with my riding position. Same bar but less sweep?
How much less? 1, 3, 5?
Give us a clue and we can go look for you?
I just seem to naturally gravitate to having my forearms pointing straight forwards, which then means my wrists are bent unnaturally with a rearward sweep on the bars.
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