spartacus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:09 pm
narrower bars are no less stable than wider bars. If anything they're more stable because you have a less forceful input on the steering combined with a longer stem.
By stable, if you mean tracking stability that is not the issue - I am talking about steering control. The shorter lever arm increases the ratio of movement. X mm of input from the rider results in greater steering than a longer lever arm. People who aren't on their bike regularely, and even some who are, don't seem to have great control of the where the front wheel is pointing. Narrower hand placement adds to the challenge. And a wider base of support is also good for those with a mediocre sense of balance. Add it all up and these guys can be scary when they get up out of the saddle and at other crucial moments.
And the idea that narrower is "no less stable" than wider flies in the face of gravel and mtb bars. Although again, it's more about control than stability.
spartacus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:09 pm
Don't believe me? Try it for yourself.
You've been on here long enough to know I have, and have had a few bikes and not afraid to spend if I saw something I wanted, bars included. Had 40cm on my Factor, tried 38 but settled on 42. Preferred the feel for out of the saddle efforts - simple as that. But the end of my hoods are 36cm apart - narrow enough for aero tuck. So perhaps all these companies that make all these wide bars have people like me in mind.
But OTOH, maybe I am doing it all wrong.
spartacus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:09 pm
If people insist on riding on wide bars fine, they're just going to go slower and that's their problem.
How much slower? It would be interesting to know how many added watts I have to push with 42 bars instead of 38 (I ain't riding 36, my shoulders are crazy wide). Note also that my hand and arm position will be the same on both bars when in an aero tuck. My hands go to the postion I prefer, with the shifter postioned to meet them.
Wannabe - that's funny. If I am exactly what I-want-to-be, then am I no longer a wannabe?
Final thought, the Bianchi is so heinous looking it is offensive, and that bar is probably a piece of crap.