Create an account ::  Home  ::  Buy & Sell  ::  Photo Galleries  ::  Videos and Files  ::  Your Account  ::  Forums  :: Login Nickname Password Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As a registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name. Bike Ads Main Menu   Hcor.net Features  Product Reviews  Trail Reviews  Forums   - Select -Search Your Forum Posts Unanswered posts Posts Since Last Visit  Pictures and Videos  Videos  Pictures  Home  Home  News Archive  Search  Members :  Your Account(Register!) Upcoming Events Hcor.net Forum Index -> Urban/Park/DJ -> Handle bar question Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4  Next       View previous topic :: View next topic  Handle bar question Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 7:30 pm Dinsy NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 4687 Location: WGTN.nz/MELB.aus I dont like this bar at all, anyone had any experience with a profile bar? It has to be a bar that runs a shim. If I get a bar from profile I'll pick up some tofu pegs too Re: Handle bar question Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 7:34 pm Taz Site Admin   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 1008176 Location: Door step of insanity NRJPthug wrote: I dont like this bar at all, anyone had any experience with a profile bar? It has to be a bar that runs a shim. If I get a bar from profile I'll pick up some tofu pegs too Any bar can run a shim?.? Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 7:37 pm Dinsy NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 4687 Location: WGTN.nz/MELB.aus I have to run a shimmed bar shimless, because It's a BMX stem. Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 7:38 pm Taz Site Admin   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 1008176 Location: Door step of insanity NRJPthug wrote: I have to run a shimmed bar shimless, because It's a BMX stem. BMX stem is smaller diameter than MTB? Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 8:08 pm Dinsy NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 4687 Location: WGTN.nz/MELB.aus ya, so it can be somewhat limiting to your choice of bars Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 8:51 pm Taz Site Admin   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 1008176 Location: Door step of insanity NRJPthug wrote: ya, so it can be somewhat limiting to your choice of bars Get MTB stem then! Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 9:04 pm Dinsy NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 4687 Location: WGTN.nz/MELB.aus mtb stems are UGLY! Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 9:42 pm Taz Site Admin   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 1008176 Location: Door step of insanity NRJPthug wrote: mtb stems are UGLY! You can honestly say these are Ugly???? Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 10:19 pm Dinsy NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 4687 Location: WGTN.nz/MELB.aus Ahaha, if you had posted ANY stem basically other than a thomson I'd have said it was nice, but I've seen the thomsons on bikes and they arnt my cup of tea I do like atomlab stems though! Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 10:26 pm Taz Site Admin   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 1008176 Location: Door step of insanity NRJPthug wrote: Ahaha, if you had posted ANY stem basically other than a thomson I'd have said it was nice, but I've seen the thomsons on bikes and they arnt my cup of tea I do like atomlab stems though! Man you ain't right.... Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 10:31 pm Dinsy NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 4687 Location: WGTN.nz/MELB.aus Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 10:32 pm Taz Site Admin   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 1008176 Location: Door step of insanity NRJPthug wrote: You think you are funny! Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 12:39 am jonny Bomber   Joined: Sep 7, 2002 Posts: 77 Location: Welly-bling, New Zealand Taz wrote: NRJPthug wrote: mtb stems are UGLY! You can honestly say these are Ugly???? Damn those are ugly, that Snafu of Dinsy's is nice, pace ones are kinda nice _________________ Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 12:39 am Style 495mtbcrew   Joined: Sep 7, 2002 Posts: 6734 Location: Foxboro Ma dude i love my azonics, there like 2.5 rise and they are the best for everything, and there pretty strong, and cheap Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 2:01 am Peter NRJP   Joined: Sep 6, 2002 Posts: 2975 Location: Dänmark You can just get a DMR one. It's 4130 and has shims. And cut it down! _________________ imfour.org Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 2:09 am Shibby Kingpin   Joined: Sep 7, 2002 Posts: 2289 Location: boston 1. Snafu stems are frickin awesome! The hardcore stem (pictured) is the awesomest of all the awesomeness... er, yeah. 2. Mebee try the MX model of the ProTaper ... BMX diameter, super wide, strong, good looking, etc. Chop some off the ends though... the stock width is hugenormous. And now for something completely different: I just switched from cut-down bars (~24.5") back to regular puppies (26") on my P.3. Cut-down seemed to be the way to go for tricks where one turns the handlebar (such as TURNBARS baha), but going back to the 26 feels better for all the stupid pseudo-trials moves I'm trying now... well, as trialsy as one can get without a front brake, anyway. More control, more comfort, et cetera. Also, my lower back hurts a LOT less with the wider bar (doing bunnyhops to rear wheel on benches, walls, etc). Thoughts on cut-down versus "regular" (26") width? _________________ NC$K / ICC / 155 Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 2:26 am M.W.