MTB Upgrades

[mtbdarby]

I kid you not! Can I blame that on my mtb crashes?? It's made steep descents very difficult - and dangerous - for me, but boy, can I smoke through tight single track

I bought some ergo grips (not the ones I wanted) and tried to put them on this bar. The bar is so short the grips are too long! I would either have to cut down the grips or move in my brakes - basically put them on my stem. That's too narrow for me....

As for the brakes on my road bike, I had them switched after my accident because I couldn't squeeze the brake with my left hand. And I love it! To me it's much more natural to have the front brake on the right hand. Guess I'm a backwards kind of person - and I like to be different. I heard bikes in Europe are set up that way. I am German you know...

The handle bar thing is one of many reasons I have shied away from this lbs. The owner, who is an accomplished mtb, set up this bike for me, so I would have thought his better judgement would have prevailed. I was a complete newbie - I had no idea about bar lengths and what effect they have. Heck, I'm just starting to learn. Thanks for the thread link, I have already printed it out.