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The I'm No Cactus Expert But I Know A Prick When I See One Shirt! There's a correlation between the modern "long, low, and slack" shape and the wide handlebars, but if your guess has more leverage, you're most likely wrong. You might need 800mm handlebars to tame a 280-pound, 60-hp off-road motorcycle, but very few riders need that much leverage to drive a car that weighs only a quarter of the rider. In addition to providing enough mechanical advantage to let the rocks know who the boss is, the more important role the wide bars serve is to transform the riding style to accommodate much sagging head angles, extend the reach and convert the wholesale of the trail bike market to short hulls and I'm No Cactus Expert But I Know A Prick When I See One Shirt!

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To set the record, personal preference is reason enough to preserve your favorite width. I won't specify which bar you should go to and I'm No Cactus Expert But I Know A Prick When I See One Shirt! This was an attempt to frame the handle/handlebar width equation from a historical standpoint to explain why at one point an exaggerated handlebar width was beneficial (perhaps, necessary) and to support why the average steering width is currently evolving in the opposite direction among the sport's most notable cyclists.