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@vinylvillain
i tend to chop my bars down to about 42 -45 cm depending od what grips/bars i am using, as this is narrow enough for me to get through most gaps, yet wide enough for me to have proper leverage when i want to get out the saddle and throw it around.
Super short bars are for looks, and imo crap.
I was in Evans in The Cut last week and there was a guy with a gold brakeless pug conversion who was rocking bars that were about 25 cm, just enough room for a bit of grip either side of the stem. I though it as an accident waiting to happen, but each to there own, the bike reminded me of that pic thats been posted before of the bike with bars so short they only have the ends of the grips on em (i always presumed this was a photo shop)