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I'm 6'2" and both my Transition and my Santa Cruz have 740mm CroMag bars with 80mm and 60mm stems respectively. I'm seriously thinking of cutting them down to 720. On an average ride my climbing time will be 3x longer than descending. While wide bars are great for descending they don't seem so great for any serious climbing. It's hard to pull straight in while in the wide push up position, you end up doing a lot of sawing back and forth. I find myself hanging on to the brake reservoirs just to have my arms in the right position. I've also noticed that as bars have gotten wider I hear more people complaining of pain in their wrist and/or basal joint. All that being said there are a lot of anatomical differences in people. My son is 6'4" and loves his 800mm Renthal Fatbars

Ha- Last time I raced at Squilchuck was 2004 or 5. I hear they completely re-did the trail system there. Did you live in Wenatchee? Or maybe Spokane? Most of the guys I knew riding Orbea MTBs back then were from Spokane...

Correction- WTB Silverado saddle, no name post. I also forgot that I put a new Hope convertible hub on the front wheel last December 😕

Just had two bikes stolen from the CubeSmart storage on Walzem Rd. They were double locked inside a cargo trailer but security is pretty lax at this storage so they had plenty of time to break in. My GF's bike is a new Sondors Thin Belt Drive, black, 17", less than a hundred miles on it. I don't think they got the key to the battery. They may not have gotten the charger either. Won't know till I get there Saturday Mine is an old '03 Specialized Epic Comp, silver, with American Classic 650B wheels mounted with 2.1 Nevegals. It has a 2010 Fox F32 100, stock lx/xt drivetrain, Thomson Seatpost with a WTB Rocket V saddle. The frankenbrake setup has a Magura Marta SL on the front and an Avid Juicy 5 on the rear. I'm not so worried about the old Spesh, I travel with it just for this reason (after losing two carbon hardtails off the back of my RV in Colo.) But my GF is totally bummed about her ebike. I'm pissed because I hate thieves in general and especially bike thieves. We were leaving SA this coming weekend for a two week Bike and Hot Spring trip to the NW, going to have to do some quick shopping now... Any info that would burn these effer's is welcome. Thanks