Hamish. tall guys like us need to get the centre line of the bars at least half a inch forward of the fork tube centre line, and a bar with less sweep in order to keep a proper balance that wont be un comfortable and force you back into a sitting mode,I had no problem standing up during all of Sundays ride after gettin a prickly pear cactus thorn jammed into my left ass cheek, did'nt want to ask my buddys for help. not that they'd helped anyhow.
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