New bars, stem, and grips! What ya think?

[Brock Putman]

 

[ZipHead]

Looks nice!

We need details – brands, bar width, etc. etc. Bunch of gear nerds around here.

[Brock Putman]

Easton Haven 35mm bars 750mm width

Stem is a Raceface Chester 60mm. Worked out perfect. The old 90mm that was on there had to go

[Brock Putman]

Grips are lizard skins chargers also

[Spanky]

I like the specs and the looks. Really clean look, hows it ride? Do you like the grips?

[Hollis Prince]

I recently got some new bars and grips too. I feel like it really improved my ride. What do you think? Did it make a real difference that you can feel? I know the shorter stem feels obviously different, but what do you think of the bar/grips? Did you go from alloy to carbon?

I bought an Enve RSR low rise carbon bar and some big fat Red Monkey Klampz grips. I think they really dampen the trail buzz and chatter. I was using an alloy Raceface bar and stock Santa Cruz grips.

[Brock Putman]

<i>R</i>ides well so far. Its a little weird, mainly because Ive had almost the same exact bars on my 2 bikes the entire time Ive learned to ride, so theres a learning curve. But, I can see how it will come in handy when I get used to it. I had to watch it a couple of times with the trees, but thats just having to learn how far my bars stick out in space.

 

The grips are great. I did take off my gloves today, and with super swesty hands it was pretty sketchy. Not sure Ill be riding anywhere without gloves. The stem length is great though.

[Alvin Mullen]

looks good to me.

[Brock Putman]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="360"] Heres the new stem.[/caption]

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