i think that'll be too tall. you gotta remember, with a mtbmx, the fork height is a lot taller than on a bmx bike. even though 5.5" might work on a 26" with a bmx fork, like a Volume Sledgehammer or something, it's gonna feel real tall with a suspension fork. but whatever, try it, see what happens.kremecheze said:
It looks like you have about 1.25" of spacers under the stem. So, if you like the bmx cruiser bar look, I'd say you might be stoked on some 4" bmx bars. I have the Immortis 4"s on my Blackmarket MOB (on the left). And for comparison, a 24" wheel bmx cruiser (Liquid Feedback 24") with full size 8.25" rise bmx bars.nobrakes2007 said:
True, you are right on the money on the spacer length. But the bike came with a 31.8 clamp and the steer tube on the fork has not been cut. The original stem sat flush with the steer tube clamp (you will notice the new stem has a spacer on top between the clamp and the stem) so I am only getting 3" of rise from the bars maybe less from the original height of the bar ends. This was out of pure laziness for not wanting to take the time to cut the steer tube. I haven't had a 4" or 5" bar on the bike but just off hand I think it would be a bit to tall for me but who knows, maybe it wouldn't...cmc4130 said:
not quite sure i understand what you mean. if you're running 3" rise bars with 1.25" of spacer under the stem, then you're already effectively running 4.25" rise bars, if the stem was all the way down with no spacers. (this is really just a bias from my bmx days... in bmx people generally think it looks lame to have a stem spacered up--(the idea is you should just pick the correct rise bar and the stem should always be pretty low) whereas in xc-mtb and road it's pretty common to see stems spacered up a lot)nobrakes2007 said:
