Handlebar width for a 29er?

[indysteel]

Indy, that strikes me as very sound advice.

Thanks. Sometimes I wonder what business I have advising on anything mtb related, but well, I'm opinionated, so I do!

I'm excited for you and your new bike. I've had my Santa Cruz for a year or so now, and every time I see her, I get happy. Mountain bike are so.... cool! I hope you like your new bike as much as l like mine!

I have Salsa bars by the way. I really like them. So, if you end up needing to replace your stock Salsa bars, be sure to look at the rest of their offerings.

[beccaB]

I did have mine trimmed down I was accustomed to the width of my 26er so the bike shop modified my new bike's handlebar to the same width.

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I did have mine trimmed down I was accustomed to the width of my 26er so the bike shop modified my new bike's handlebar to the same width.

I kind of think that if I don't like the width of the stock bars that I will tell our LBS to just cut them down to the length I currently ride (or maybe a hair wider), which I suspect is ~60mm, if the bars are the same as what they put on the 2010 version of my bike (can't find the spec for the 2009).

[beccaB]

I'm still a little ambivalent about mountain biking. Originally I wanted us to use them as a way to get stronger for our long road rides, by using the mountain bikes to climb knarlier hills. But I did create a monster in my husband. I don't like technical at all. The dirt roads are ok. I got through Iceman with a very slow time, and we are signed up to do it again. I can't get around the dread, in fact I hope I live through it! There is one complication, the husband has possibly broken a bone in his foot so there goes my training partner. If I'm not well trained, I'm not gonna try to kill myself doing it.

[zoom-zoom]

It still definitely scare me to pieces. I haven't really done anything technical, either. I'd like to do Iceman this year (I have a friend who has an entry that she will likely not use due to a slow healing knee), but I won't likely have my new bike in time to do any decent training...and I'm just not comfortable riding real long on my current bike, since it's so small.

[zoom-zoom]

Thanks. Sometimes I wonder what business I have advising on anything mtb related, but well, I'm opinionated, so I do!

I'm excited for you and your new bike. I've had my Santa Cruz for a year or so now, and every time I see her, I get happy. Mountain bike are so.... cool! I hope you like your new bike as much as l like mine!

I have Salsa bars by the way. I really like them. So, if you end up needing to replace your stock Salsa bars, be sure to look at the rest of their offerings.

Excellent! And to think maybe 16 months ago I said I'd never mountain bike. Let me tell you, I have friends that rib me about that every chance they get. I could totally see myself giving up my roadie ways (at least in part) for more time grinding along on the dirt!