Are High Rise Bars Actually Better?

High-rise handlebars are taking the mountain bike world by storm, but does this downhill-inspired trend actually work on an electric mountain bike? Steve and Owen head out to test low-rise versus monster 80mm-rise bars to see how bar height and bar roll impact weight distribution, climbing traction, and overall control. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - The High-Rise Bar Trend 01:25 - Factors Affecting Bar Height 05:31 - Baseline Climbing Test: Low Rise 06:35 - Stem Spacers vs Bar Rise 08:00 - Testing an 80mm High-Rise Bar 08:44 - How Bar Roll Changes Everything 11:20 - Extreme Angles & Steep Gradients 13:15 - Weight Distribution Findings 15:10 - The Verdict Useful Links: Subscribe to the Channel for more! 👉 https://embn.me/subscribe Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://embn.me/Uploader Looking for eBike Insurance? Check here 👉 https://gmbn.eu/insurance Support The Channel At The EMBN Shop! 👉 https://embn.me/Shop What handlebar rise are you currently running on your e-MTB, and have you ever experimented with going higher or lower? Let us know your setup and how it feels in the comments below! 👇 Watch more on EMBN... 📹    • New Bosch Update For Upgraded Traction Con...   📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 https://embn.me/EditorsChoice 📹 Watch our Features Playlist 👉 https://embn.me/Features 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 Angelic Beats - Nylonia Back with the Force (Instrumental Version) - Janset Coffee Jam - Daniel Fridell Falling Leaves - Roy Edwin Williams I'll Wait Forever - Another Notion Leather Juniper - V.V. Campos Move Like This - Jules Gaia Northern Flame - Matt Large Road to Durango - Will Harrison #embn #ebikes #emtb #bike #ebiking #emountainbike 📸 Photos - © UCI Mountain Bike World Series / © Getty Images / © Sprint Cycling Agency The Electric Mountain Bike Network (EMBN) is the world’s leading electric mountain bike (eMTB) channel and community. Dedicated to igniting your passion for eMTBs, EMBN delivers weekly original content to inspire you to take your riding further, faster – and with more fun. Whether you live to conquer the techiest terrain – both up and down; to access and explore the beautiful backcountry; or simply to pack as much fun as you can into the precious riding time you have, EMBN is dedicated to covering eMTB from every angle. From inspiring you to go electric – helping you understand what you need, where and how to ride to get the best from your eMTB experience, and more – through showcasing and exploring the latest, most innovative tech, empowering and entertaining features, to skills videos that help you progress and can tackle ever-more adventurous terrain, and much, much more. Every week we bring you informative and entertaining videos on… The know-how… The skills… The tech… The inspiration… ...to go faster and explore more! EMBN is mountain biking… fully charged: helping you go faster, further, and with more adventures than ever before. Join the EMBN community:   / emountainbikenetwork     / emountainbikenetwork     / embntweet     / emountainbikenetwork   Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: http://embn.me/canyon Trek Bikes: https://embn.me/Trek Bosch: https://embn.me/Bosch Whyte Bikes: https://embn.me/Whyte Amflow Bikes: https://embn.me/Amflow Industry Nine Wheels: https://embn.me/IndustryNine Ergon: http://embn.me/ergon Garmin: https://embn.me/garmin Schwalbe Tyres: https://embn.me/Schwalbe MET Helmets: https://embn.me/MET Bluegrass: https://embn.me/Bluegrass Park Tool: https://embn.me/parktool Atlas Ride Co: https://embn.me/AtlasRideCo Watch our sister channels: Global Mountain Bike Network - https://gmbn.eu/YouTube GMBN Tech - https://gmbn.tech/YouTube Global Cycling Network - https://gcn.eu/YouTube GCN Tech - https://gcntech.co/YouTube GCN Racing - https://gcn.eu/RacingYouTube Global Triathlon Network - https://gtn.io/YouTube GCN Italia - https://gcn.eu/ItaliaYouTube GCN en Espanol - https://gcn.eu/EspanolYouTube GCN auf Deutsch - https://gcn.eu/DeutschYouTube GCN en Francais - https://gcn.eu/FrancaisYouTube GCN Training - https://gcn.eu/TrainingYouTube GCN Racing - https://gcn.eu/RacingYouTube