Recent content by granny girl

I ride a 29r and I am 5'4". It was a learning curve for sure but now I can't ever go back to 27.5. The only thing I have noticed is that if I am leaning too far back when doing jumps, I will get a butt rub when I land. Because of this, I am learning better skills as I should not be that far back...

I thought I would update on the changes I noticed after putting on difference handlebars. As I stated in previous post I have severe neck pain from having fractured my neck (now arthritis) many years ago. Mt levo came with 30mm rise and 8deg backsweep. I changed to 38mm rise and 9deg backsweep -...

Thanks for all the great advice. I was in a serious car accident years ago and fractured my neck and finally the arthritis has taken over. I will never stop doing what I love even if I have to endure the pain. I just learned how to do jumps this year and built my own play park right out my back...

I ride all year round. I even have a fat bike for riding in the snow. I hate cold hands but worse than that I can't stand thick gloves. So, I wear pogies and that way I can just wear my thin gloves and still have great feel on the handlebars. I have ridden in -15c and my hands stay toasty warm.

I currently have 30mm rise, 8 deg back and 6up. I am thinking of going 35-38, 9 and 6. Just might make a subtle difference. My bars are currently 760mm What kind of riding do you do? This sound exactly like what I am thinking of doing to my bike, but I do like jumps and drops (not crazy huge)...

I am new to this forum. I started MTB at age 60 and at almost 64 I now own an ebike so I can keep up to my younger and fitter husband. I do get a sore neck and have read that some people raise their handlebars but I was wondering how this affects performance - steep climbs, drops, jumps etc.