Tumbleweed Persuader Bars, what stem length did you settle on?

[John Phillips]

  My Jones bars turned out to have more backward sweep than my wrists felt comfortable with, so I ordered some Persuader bars to try out on my Hunqapillar.

   I know everyone one's anatomies & riding styles are different, but was curious what stem lengths Persuader bar users tried out and / or settled on?

Thanx,

John Phillips

[Brian Forsee]

I've used these bars a good amount. First on my single speed mtb and now on my omnium cargo bike. On the mtb I used a 50. Currently am running a 90mm on the cargo as the top tube is on the short-ish side, however i am considering either a bar with even more swoop or brining them stem into maybe a 70mm.

Brian

[Brian Turner]

I recently put a set of Soma Dream Risers (50mm rise) on my cargo bike, and they are nearly identical to the Persuader bars in every way (plus, cheaper!). I’m using them with a 100mm stem, but I think I might swap out to a 90mm.

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[Jacob Byard]

If you go to whatbars.com you can pick both the Jones and Persuaders and see how that compare. That may help with determining stem length. I ran the same stem on both bars. 110mm on one bike and 90mm (maybe 100mm?) on another. 

-Jacob

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+1 on whatbars.com. Great site to compare bars. I use a 90 mm stem with Persuader bars on my Prospector.

Robert Tilley

San Diego, CA

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On May 16, 2023, at 11:31 AM, Jacob Byard <jacob...@gmail.com> wrote:

If you go to whatbars.com you can pick both the Jones and Persuaders and see how that compare. That may help with determining stem length. I ran the same stem on both bars. 110mm on one bike and 90mm (maybe 100mm?) on another. 

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[Conway Bennett]

I use a Analog Fingerling stem for the ersuader bars on my Hunqapillar.

[John Phillips]

   I had been comparing bars on whatbars.com, and stem length on the stem comparison tool, http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php. I just thought some feedback from Rivendell riders would be a good idea, given that Rivendell geometries and Rivendell riders are different and kinda unique.

   I think I'll try out a 90mm stem first and go from there. 90mm should put my grip a bit ahead of the steerer tube column.

John

[John Phillips]

My chromoly Persuader bars arrived last night, and something seemed off. Measured the rise from center of bar clamp section to center of grip section and the rise measured about 25mm, half the 50mm listed online. This is cool as it gives me a more options with Nitto stem adapters & stem length, and more leeway dialing in the bar height. Just holding the bars felt good. My wrists loved the 30 degree sweep and 800mm width of the bars. Fingers crossed I love it just as much on my Hunq.

John