A superior guide is physiology, and more specifically: shoulder width. ![]() It stands to reason that we cannot use densely forested terrain as an overriding parameter for selecting handlebar width. One cannot configure your handlebars for the eventuality of half a metre of narrowly stacked trail, on a ride where you are rolling thousands of meters. The reality is that those exceptionally narrow portions of trail are but a decimal percentage of our overall riding experience. Unless ever trail builder actively measures the narrowest point of their trail, at handlebar height, and posts it as a notice at the trail entry, you’ll never know if you are riding a handlebar that is perhaps too wide for terrain. Clipping a handlebar when threading through a particularly narrow portion of forest singletrack can scuff open a glove, fracture a finger or at worse: cause a substantial accident, with rider separating from bike. ![]() If the design logic is that a wider bar puts you in a more powerful position to absorb terrain impacts, and gives a rider the ability to correct front-wheel deflections with less risk of cashing, what happens when handlebar width grows too generous? Closing the gap ![]() The question is whether we have now possibly reached a tipping point?
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