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Title: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: hotdiggity2 on July 02, 2015, 09:47:43 AM

Does anyone know of any bars with 5-6 degrees of upsweep, 10-12 backsweep that are 9 inches or greater?  I've noticed my wrists / hands naturally rotate so that I'm putting more pressure on the outside of my wrists and I'm thinking more upsweep can help with this.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: DontcallmeKenneth on July 02, 2015, 11:09:09 AM

Stranger brooks bars 9 or 9.5 11 back 4 up

Tje dailygrind century higg bars are a little smaller at 8.85 but they have 5 upsweep.

Title: Re: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: dude... on July 02, 2015, 02:45:10 PM

if you dont run brakes you can hold your bars just on the bend and thatll make it feel like theres more upsweep. i go through phases where it feels better to hold the bars with my thumb resting on the bar itself, on the inside of the grip cos of this

Title: Re: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: cmc4130 on July 02, 2015, 04:22:59 PM

Quote from: hotdiggity2 on July 02, 2015, 09:47:43 AM

Does anyone know of any bars with 5-6 degrees of upsweep, 10-12 backsweep that are 9 inches or greater?  I've noticed my wrists / hands naturally rotate so that I'm putting more pressure on the outside of my wrists and I'm thinking more upsweep can help with this.

Thanks.

Tree Bicycle Moto are tall and have a 4 degree upsweep option.
http://www.empirebmx.com/tree-bicyce-co-moto-handlebar (http://www.empirebmx.com/tree-bicyce-co-moto-handlebar)

Or these:
http://www.empirebmx.com/daily-grind-bmx-century-high-handlebar (http://www.empirebmx.com/daily-grind-bmx-century-high-handlebar)

These aren't 9", but you could run a tall stem:
http://www.empirebmx.com/animal-big-4-handlebar (http://www.empirebmx.com/animal-big-4-handlebar)

Maybe someone should invent slanted grips that add upsweep to bars that don't have it..... ; )

Title: Re: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: metalbmxer on July 02, 2015, 10:49:58 PM

Are you sure you don't need less upsweep? If you're feeling all that pressure on the outside of your wrists, going down to a 1 degree upsweep might be what your wrists are telling you.

Title: Re: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: tzicktzack on July 04, 2015, 06:40:06 AM

Quote from: hotdiggity2 on July 02, 2015, 09:47:43 AM

Does anyone know of any bars with 5-6 degrees of upsweep, 10-12 backsweep that are 9 inches or greater?  I

WTP offer a four piece bar: Everlite (2015); 9" tall, 12 bs, 5 us
here: http://www.wethepeoplebmx.de/hardgoods/bars/everlite

Title: Re: Larger bars with 5 to 6 degrees of upsweep?
Post by: hotdiggity2 on July 06, 2015, 08:55:16 AM

Quote from: metalbmxer on July 02, 2015, 10:49:58 PM

Are you sure you don't need less upsweep? If you're feeling all that pressure on the outside of your wrists, going down to a 1 degree upsweep might be what your wrists are telling you.

Thanks for pointing that out, I described it wrong.   The inner part of my wrist carry most of the weight while the outer part are stretched.  I'm just trying to get better wrist alignment.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'm going to check some of them out.