Mountain Bike Handlebar Upsweep

The length of this aluminium handlebar is 780 mm.

Mountain bike handlebar upsweep. The wider your shoulders the less comfortable will be upsweeped bars you will feel your hands bent outwards. What matters the most when it comes to mountain bike riser handlebar is the materialistic strength. Upsweep is the angle at which the bar turns upward from the flatter middle section of the handlebar. Modern handlebars usually have a backsweep between 6 degrees and 15 degrees and an upsweep between 4 degrees and 6 degrees.

There are two kinds of rises that you can find in it 20mm rise and 35mm rise. Choosing the right amount of rise usually comes down to rider position on the bike. Generally speaking dh and enduro riders tend to ride between 780 800mm for men and 740 780mm for women while trail and all mountain riders trend a little narrower in the 750 780mm range. Proper handlebar width for mountain bikes is determined by your primary riding discipline personal preferences and body type.

Additionally a bar s rise is the actual measurement of how high above the stem the ends of your handlebar sit. Bars with 100mm rise aren t very common anymore so these days high rise bars are usually in the 40 50mm range about 1 5 2 inches. The most common form of mountain bike handlebars is the riser bar where the ends of the bar rise up higher than the centre section in the stem. Mountain bike handlebars are typically configured with zero rise flat bars all the way up to 100mm roughly 4 inches.

Mountain bike handlebars don t have drop sections like road bike bars and they re wider 700mm than non drop bars found on hybrids or commuter bikes. The clamping diameter is usually either 31 8mm or 35mm so it s a good idea to check what fits your bike before ordering. No matter the clamp diameter they all taper down to 22 2mm and the ends meaning any grip will work with any bar. Handlebars come in all shapes and sizes they are offered in different widths upsweep back sweep rise and clamp diameters.

The bike industry is full of standards that are anything but standard and mountain bike handlebars are no exception. What works for you depends on a number of factors the most important one being personal preference. From my experience upsweep make you pull easier for drops manuals and bunny hops but the other side of the medal is shoulder width. Most riders find that 760 mm wide handlebars are the perfect width for a variety of uses.

Fifty fifty aluminium alloy handlebar is designed for mountain bikes in particular.