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What angle do you guys have your bars? In line with your forks or a certain degree? If you can post a picture that would be cool. I just want to figure out what a good angle is to bunny hop higher because my friend said if it's too far forward it affects the hop.
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Angle your bars 1mm forward from your forks and you'll be able to bunny hop like Ty Morrow in no time!
Hoped this helped.
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What part of the forks? The bit where the hub attaches to the fork or?
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the steerer tube mate, and i have mine about 1mm forward from the stem or parallel with it, gives me lots of room and pop. in the end its just personal preference try with different angles till you find your point
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tainted1581 wrote:What part of the forks? The bit where the hub attaches to the fork or?
Look, here is what you do....go ride your bike and adjust your bars when doing so until you find the most comfortable postion. This is the only way to figure out what a good angle is for you. Whats works for some doesnt work for others...Go experiment , that is your best option, not asking on a forum.
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The only reason you should ride chicago'd bars is if you hit your knees on the bars
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Yeah, mine are always parallel to my fork however I have Director forks now. xD
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Chrisaustin wrote:The only reason you should ride chicago'd bars is if you hit your knees on the bars
Or if you like them forward.
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I ride mine forward Chicago styled I love it on my frame I feel I have more leverage for turndowns and whippin the back end out ......not sure if they'll stay that way for my next bike though I plan on getting a bigger frame so they might go back to normal....it's all personal preference
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tainted1581 wrote:Dude are you into RC? I see that you have a losi comp crawler in the back, and thanks for the photo, i'll try it like that
yeah lol i'll post a pic of all my rc (in the house*) that are mine.
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jamiespadina wrote:this which is equal to 25+ degrees
this better be correct please correct me if i'm wrong
wait, you worked this out...
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To the OP, like the pic zach posted more or less in line with the fork blade.
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Mine are perpendicular to the ground, so a fair bit forward but not loads.
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I don't know why but when I run my bars parallel to my fork like most people, I find it extremely uncomfortable.
I run mine really far forward, I don't know why it's just more comfortable.
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I run mine back for more control for air's and tuck no's are easier to thrown with them right there. I like my bars right there.
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In general, if your bars are too far forward (i'd say no further than your bars being perpendicular to the ground) you end up shifting your weight too far over the front & that will start to affect your hops, etc..; (in a bad way). So I wouldn't go anything more than 90 deg. (perpendicular) to the ground at the most, & in line with your forks at the least.
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