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Help with choosing handlebar (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've recently started commuting via bike on a Trek FX-3 Disc. I just found out that it has a handlebar with some stupid proprietary "IsoZone" technology which makes it incompatible with a lot of stuff due to crimped bar ends. I want to replace it with a different handlebar. I just use the bike for commuting, other close-by travel needs and just riding for fun sometimes.

Anyone have any recommendations for which handlebar I should get?

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Of course! Congratulations on getting on a bike, it's really life changing.

If it's just on one side of your body, I would also double-triple-quadruple check if your seat is off-center of tilted at all. I had an imbalance pain in one knee and one arm for a while and I realized it was because I was compensating for a crooked seat lmao. Also it's good to get in the habit of really engaging your core and trying to 'hold' weight there if that makes any sense? Especially when shifting when having that weight through your hand while also doing a fine movement like shifting can cause tension.