My wife has a Trek Dual Sport+, but my question can be related to any "fitness" bike with straight handlebars. She has terrible arthritis in her hands and any pressure on them really decreases her joy of riding, but she really likes the bike. I have already added a stem riser and that helped a little bit in moving the weight from her hands to the saddle. I was thinking of a different set of bars and maybe an adjustable stem. I know the cables would probably need to be lengthened so I would have a shop do it. Before I visit one, I would appreciate some ideas on bars because of the huge variety, and whether or not an adjustable stem would help to "fine tune it". I think it will help but I don't want it to be a wasted effort. Thank you.
Raising Handlebars to Ease Hand Pressure
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RunForTheHills
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Here's a recent discussion on the topic: https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/new-handlebar.59079/
Jeremy McCreary
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Welcome aboard!
Have never changed a bar, so no help there. But I have gotten some relief with stem adjustments on my commuter.
Given that the best configuration for your wife may not be what you expect, an adjustable stem sounds like good insurance to me. Weight's not a big concern on the commuter, and the adjustable stem's been nothing but an asset.
zbikeman
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@Drozdster, on my Sirrus X 5.0, Vado SL 4.0 and my wife's Vado 4.0, I replaced the stock bars all with the same bar:
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32mm rise and 47mm backsweep are much easier on the wrists and hands than the bars that came with any of these bikes.
I'd start there before moving to a different stem. Sometimes the simple combo of more rise + more sweep does wonders.
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32mm rise and 47mm backsweep are much easier on the wrists and hands than the bars that came with any of these bikes.
I'd start there before moving to a different stem. Sometimes the simple combo of more rise + more sweep does wonders.
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