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Bike Perfect
Lifestyle
Neal Hunt

How to get big performance returns by making small changes to your mountain bike's handlebars

Three sets of MTB handlebars with different rises.

You may have been running your MTB handlebars set up wrong and have since checked out some of the best MTB handlebars, but what difference does changing the height of your bars make to how your bike rides and feels?

There is a huge range of variables when it comes to bars and how you set them up, with a bewildering range of widths, sweeps, and heights. That got me wondering how much difference opting for bars with a different rise would make to how my bike feels on the trail.

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