What width bars are you all using and why that width?

[Plummet]

780

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

I'm still finding that 780 is a touch too short for me.
May have to invest in some new Fatbars at 800 and just bite the bullet.
It's $NZ200 I don't want to spend though...and that's just for the alloy ones.

 

[TheMirrorVision]

It’s a guideline. But TL;DR from the video below, it's your-height-in-centimeters x 4.4. Example

height = 5'7" = 170.18x4.4 ~ 750, so 750mm

What I do is cut it down to 780mm, try it. Then keep cutting about 10mm until it suits you.

I think this guide works better for shorter riders. I'm 190.5cm tall, prefer 780mm over 800mm, and couldn't imagine riding the recommended 838mm wide bars unless I turned into a chimpanzee.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

I think this guide works better for shorter riders. I'm 190.5cm tall, prefer 780mm over 800mm, and couldn't imagine riding the recommended 838mm wide bars unless I turned into a chimpanzee.

Yeah I'm 176cm (or 7'8" for you people who still use Imperial measurements).
That formula just doesn;t work for me at all.

 

[JP-NZ]

I'm 5,11" (179cm)
Rail = Bontrager Line Pro 27.5 rise, 780mm cut down to 770mm
EXe = Trail One Crockett 20 rise, 800mm cut down to 760mm

Grips are more important to me than width

 

[BouncyCornetto]

Which side???



View attachment 155318

I would love to know the story here! .

 

[MOTO13]

All my bikes have the same bars..Renthal fatty carbon. 40mm rise (I stand a lot when I ride), 760 width (to fit between trees). I really dislike aluminum bars.

 

[Stihldog]

Yeah I'm 176cm (or 7'8" for you people who still use Imperial measurements).
That formula just doesn;t work for me at all.

Yeah, at 7 feet-8 inches tall I can kinda understand.

Basket Ball player?(pro?)

 

[Zero cool]

I’m 178cm (5’10) with a 180cm wing span. My last 2 bikes have had 31.8 780 Renthal Fatbars and they feel great, w that they I had a set of 780 Syncros bars but had to cut them down to 750 as the landlord at that time was Fed up with them clipping the door frames. And they felt fine. The new ebike has 800mm bars and apart from being overly stiff 35mm bars the width feels fine. I’ll probably stick them on the hardtail and nick the Renthals for the ebike because they just feel nicer.

I personally donmt think there’s really a perfect width for people, but I do think theirs is too wide and too narrow. I bet most people won’t notice the difference 10-20mm makes in a blind test.

 

[JayX2A]

770 oneups 35mm rise. Probably could do with a little more rise but reluctant to put more spacers below the stem as reach is pretty perfect. The Raceface era in 40mm rise look nice.

 

[carhauler1969]

I'm currently running 770 width on both of my bikes.
Ibis Ripmo AF and Cannondale Moterra LT 1.