Bike fit / correct riding position

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TooTallTim in reply to @jono84

There's not as much variation in width between road bars, compared to MTB bars. I'd just stick with the rough rule that bars should be about 2cm wider than shoulder width

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Lolo in reply to @TooTallTim

What @jono84 is asking is if you go from say, 40 to 38 bars should you add 1cm in stem length.

It's not very scientific but I guess it's not a bad rule of thumb to start with. Welcome to narrow bars.

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jono84 in reply to @Lolo

Yep this. I went from 42 to 38 as I didn't have a 40 to hand. Generally liked the narrower position but started to get some lower back pain which I believe was due to the reduced reach compression.

Are you a fan of narrower bars then?

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