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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 163909" data-attributes="member: 1650"><p>you have to kind of look at what being hunched up means. usually that you are staying a little too vertical on the bike. easy to do, and it happens with new people and ones like me that are tall and have been at this for a very long time. if you look at what the guys winning races are running, you see lots of them that are 6 foot plus, but dont run as high of a bar as I do (just at 6 feet.) They are riding with bent knees and bent elbows and want a bar that is more than just comfy to stand. As your riding experience goes up, lots of us changed what we like. Guys like Rick Carmichael didn't need the height in the bars for standing as much as to increase the leverage that a taller guy doesnt need since he can apply the force with the body mass being further from the axis of the bike. The freestyle bars are pointed way up on the ends so that when the bike is laying more horizontal you can get more of your hand on the contol area of the bar etc. Most riders end up liking the bars to line up somewhat with the forks, and have the control area of the bar fairly level with the ground at that point, since it will work best in more circumstances for most of us. 50 years of riding and I don't bend or hold the bend as easily as I used to. Sled or two wheels, I like the taller arrangements more and more. But if at an age where you are trying to learn to go faster you feel you need something that the fast guys aren't using at a similar height, look towards your positioning too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 163909, member: 1650"] you have to kind of look at what being hunched up means. usually that you are staying a little too vertical on the bike. easy to do, and it happens with new people and ones like me that are tall and have been at this for a very long time. if you look at what the guys winning races are running, you see lots of them that are 6 foot plus, but dont run as high of a bar as I do (just at 6 feet.) They are riding with bent knees and bent elbows and want a bar that is more than just comfy to stand. As your riding experience goes up, lots of us changed what we like. Guys like Rick Carmichael didn't need the height in the bars for standing as much as to increase the leverage that a taller guy doesnt need since he can apply the force with the body mass being further from the axis of the bike. The freestyle bars are pointed way up on the ends so that when the bike is laying more horizontal you can get more of your hand on the contol area of the bar etc. Most riders end up liking the bars to line up somewhat with the forks, and have the control area of the bar fairly level with the ground at that point, since it will work best in more circumstances for most of us. 50 years of riding and I don't bend or hold the bend as easily as I used to. Sled or two wheels, I like the taller arrangements more and more. But if at an age where you are trying to learn to go faster you feel you need something that the fast guys aren't using at a similar height, look towards your positioning too. [/QUOTE]
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