Hey guys,
I'm curious to hear what sort of bar height you guys are running. I think the drop from saddle to handlebar is also relevant here?
For context, I am 6'3 and riding an XL Banshee Rune V3. On both this bike and my last (which was a Kona Process 153) I have felt two things while riding:
However, I'm thinking I should give more thought to bar height. I've ordered a pair of bars with a 40mm rise (vs. 20mm on my current bars) and with my current setup I can put another 5mm spacer under the stem (or lower the stem by about 15mm if I don't like the high rise bars).
What I am trying to do is get a feel for what's "normal", especially for the taller guys out there. I have seen some of the taller pros (Jack Moir and Greg Minaar) both run very high front ends, but it's hard to get firm numbers.
Mine are:
Cheers.
I'm curious to hear what sort of bar height you guys are running. I think the drop from saddle to handlebar is also relevant here?
For context, I am 6'3 and riding an XL Banshee Rune V3. On both this bike and my last (which was a Kona Process 153) I have felt two things while riding:
- Difficult to manual (as in hard to pull up the front wheel) compared to other bikes I've owned in the past.
- I get sore palms/hands when doing longer climbs (I climbed mystic a few times earlier in the year and it was pretty painful toward the end).
However, I'm thinking I should give more thought to bar height. I've ordered a pair of bars with a 40mm rise (vs. 20mm on my current bars) and with my current setup I can put another 5mm spacer under the stem (or lower the stem by about 15mm if I don't like the high rise bars).
What I am trying to do is get a feel for what's "normal", especially for the taller guys out there. I have seen some of the taller pros (Jack Moir and Greg Minaar) both run very high front ends, but it's hard to get firm numbers.
Mine are:
- 105cm from end of bar to ground.
- 113cm from top of saddle to ground.
- 8cm drop from top of saddle to handlebar.
Cheers.