Have you ever found that last delicious chocolate easter egg a month after the event, hidden away in some random location and somehow, suddenly, more precious than a five-pound bag of the little treats? I was scrolling through a pile of old NSMB articles looking for inspiration when I came across Cam’s 2017 editorial Going to Wide Bars (and back again). In 2018 it was my turn to take a bite out of the ‘science’ of fit with Handlebar Width & Staying Gracious and then the ripest of bike-fit-fruit went unpicked in 2019!

Now here I am like the lady in the IKEA ad yelling “start the car” as I pull off grand theft editorial, before any of NSMB’s other test-writers can get in there, for what should be one of the most often replaced components of a mountain bicycle. I mean, let’s face it, we all put our handlebars through hell and you’re probably due for a new one anyway! How timely.

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