billyt Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) Mark Has your wife being talking about me again? If a man is a king, and a king is a ruler, and a ruler is 12 inches I guess that makes me a king! I guess that Is why your wife calls me "king Billy" WAIT....... I am a catholic I cant be king Billy (that comment will go right over Mark's head)......... Edited May 16, 2012 by BillyT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I used to always have my bar rotated forward but i found that if my bar was rotated too far forward i had difficulty then doing a camber downhill turn as the front wheel wanted to grab the terrain and i had to use much more effort to fight to keep in control as i was stretching my arms/fingers too much. I now keep my bar almost vertical, maybe a smidgen forward, and i have much more control and less arm pump too! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 we come from the south midland centre where we all used to take 20mm off the overall width to get between trees, helped, so sure it will make no difference if you feel more comfortable go for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizza5 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 we come from the south midland centre where we all used to take 20mm off the overall width to get between trees, helped, so sure it will make no difference if you feel more comfortable go for it. Les Winthrop, many times Scottish Trials champion always cut his bars shorter when asked why he said that when riding on rocks and your bars are moving all over the place! by having the bars shorter makes your shoulders move less, hence keeping your body more balanced? When you think about it he probably had a point, but I doubt it would of helped me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Strange really when you think about it how did we arrive at the current width of Renthals then? Personally i've no idea. I know the bend changed in line with some of the top riders preferences but how did we arrive at the current std width? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Strange really when you think about it how did we arrive at the current width of Renthals then? Personally i've no idea. I know the bend changed in line with some of the top riders preferences but how did we arrive at the current std width? That is indeed a good question! Think I stated the Renthals were indeed a bit wider than the stock Sherco bars, now that was the old ones with crossbar, not sure about the fatbars. Seems they were mostly patterned by the Lampkin or Kuriama bends with bit of difference in the sweep back, but wonder if that was indeed their preferred width? Maybe someone should ask Dougie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Lampkin, Fugi Gas, Takumi Narita, Raga, Kuriama are all tall people. Equaling long arms............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Everyone is TALL, as compared to YOU! Even Fugi! I discovered GIRTH as well when I got bifocals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 You wife discovered girth when I met her LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Lampkin, Fugi Gas, Takumi Narita, Raga, Kuriama are all tall people. Equaling long arms............ Fuji 5'6''? Raga 5'7''? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 The reason bars are made a bit wider than the average person likes is because they want to sell as many as possible. If they made them to suit the average rider, then people like me (with long arms) would need to buy something else. You can easily shorten bars but lengthening is not as easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Fuji 5'6''? Raga 5'7''? Lampkin 6.2 Narita 6.0 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Lampkin, Fugi Gas, Takumi Narita, Raga, Kuriama are all tall people.................. ??That's a 2 in 5 accuracy rating for your own post....Doh ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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