Flat bar widths, what size do you prefer ?

[Smudge]

I'm going to cut the flat bars down on my Giant ebike i recently bought. At 700mm wide, i feel they are too wide for a hybrid. Its also tight getting the bike through my door when taking it out. Not sure yet what i will cut them down to, prob somewhere from 600mm to 640mm. I dont want them too narrow as this bike will be used off road a fair bit.
Interested to know what width flat bars people have and prefer on their hybrid, commuter, folder or MTB.

 

[steveindenmark]

I have recently bought a Giant Fathom 29. I dont know how wide they were but they were too wide for me. I took 2cm off either end and fitted ergo grips and they are perfect now.

 

[The Bystander]

As I never felt particularly comfortable with my 620mm bar which had a slight rise, 700mm would feel extreme to me.

I figured that as I ride mainly on the hoods on my drop bar bike, and they're just 460mm apart, a straight bar of that width ought to be OK.

In the end I fitted a straight, flat 520mm bar with bar ends . Much better. It's my utility bike so no off road.

 

[Smudge]

I have recently bought a Giant Fathom 29. I dont know how wide they were but they were too wide for me. I took 2cm off either end and fitted ergo grips and they are perfect now.

780mm if its a 2020 model according to the Giant site.

 

[Drago]

About 720. Much more than that is wider than my shoulders and becomes pointless.

 

[steveindenmark]

Yes. It is the 2020 model. They were far too wide for me. But I am using it on farm and forest tracks and not for going nuts MTBing.

 

[Smudge]

About 720. Much more than that is wider than my shoulders and becomes pointless.

I assume thats a MTB ?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

540 or so for me, including bar-ends.

 

[Justinitus]

My Toughroad bars were 640mm wide and felt perfect for all round riding for me, but then again in quite a big chap . My new mtb came with 780mm bars which felt massive - even for me, so I trimmed them down to 740mm and they’re still ok whilst giving a bit more control off road than my previous narrower ones.

 

[numbnuts]

The carbon bars on my MTB are uncircumcised

 

[Smudge]

My Toughroad bars were 640mm wide and felt perfect for all round riding for me, but then again in quite a big chap . My new mtb came with 780mm bars which felt massive - even for me, so I trimmed them down to 740mm and they’re still ok whilst giving a bit more control off road than my previous narrower ones.

I think i'll also go down to 640mm, can always cut more if i think i need it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

My Cube came with 780mm, I went to 700mm still too wide, went to 600mm too narrow, decided on 640mm seems right for me

 

[Smudge]

My Cube came with 780mm, I went to 700mm still too wide, went to 600mm too narrow, decided on 640mm seems right for me

Yes, 640 seems a good happy medium.
Right, the hacksaw is coming out. I assume this shouldn't affect my warranty on the bike or the ekit part of it !

 

[C R]

Yes, 640 seems a good happy medium.
Right, the hacksaw is coming out. I assume this shouldn't affect my warranty on the bike or the ekit part of it !

I guess it probably does affect the warranty, wouldn't it make more sense to get a 640 bar and keep the one that came with the bike in case you need to claim on warranty?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I guess it probably does affect the warranty, wouldn't it make more sense to get a 640 bar and keep the one that came with the bike in case you need to claim on warranty?

TBH that's what I did, but took me 3 attempts, so if somebody is after 780's, 700's or 600's I probably got them somewhere