Been tweaking my orange the last few days and I seem to be running a lot of spacers in order to get the bars high enough, currently 160mm forks, 20mm spacers and high rise easton DH bars. Wonder at what point steerer tube flex becomes an issue, I think most bikes (except orange) come with 15-20mm of spacers and assume therefore 20mm isnt excessive.

Na that's fine. Mine came with 30mm.

my hope spacer set had 40mm's worth in it iirc. not that I use that amount.

can't see it being a problem anyway.

yea mine are hope but maybe you are not supposed to use all the spacers in a set. Have considered removing some spacers 5-10mm but i prefer a high front end and a shortish reach (45mm stem). Just wondered how many others run and if anyone notices any flex

What rise stem do you have? id be wanting to get the bar as low as poss particularly now youve put 36s on.

Don't think you will flex it dude my trance came with 60mm

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What rise stem do you have? id be wanting to get the bar as low as poss particularly now youve put 36s on.

45mm 8 deg, running easton carbon DH bars 40mm rise. I feel much more centred with the bars higher. How high do you run yours, they are pretty low i think. mine bars are 106.5cm from the floor to the middle of the bar end.

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45mm 8 deg, running easton carbon DH bars 40mm rise. I feel much more centred with the bars higher. How high do you run yours, they are pretty low i think. mine bars are 106.5cm from the floor to the middle of the bar end.

Lol mate thats serious measuring that but them im not surprised you have! Ive got a 50mm 0deg with 25mm rise bars, i must have 15mm of spacers i guess. Cant really compare as the head tube length could be different.

yea if your new bike is like the meta the head tube is longer, 10mm from crown to top of head tube

Its exactly the same as the meta.

actually yours is the smaller size, maybe i just like my bars crazy high, with them low i tend to feel too pitched over the front

Mine are 106cm middle to ground, I do have a large frame though as im taller than both of you, about an inch of spacers, 70mm 6deg, 2" risers and float 32 150's and with my saddle in its normal position its still 2-3" above them heh, dropper posts FTW

similar bar height to mine except by bars are 2" higher than my saddle

My saddle is level with my bars, possibly slightly lower, i dont think i would want them any higher it would make it more difficult to weight the front wheel.

Got 20mm of spacers but above 50mm stem on main bike with DH riser bars - dropped bars to lower position last year as need to get lower for more speed and front wheel control

I'm also swapping the bit to the lower one on the boxxers this week for lower bars following advice from the dh guys I know

Takes a while to get used to but helps on cornering