With 35mm clamp bars and stems now an established option, we started to wonder whether Renthal would remain with the 31.8mm ‘standard’ size and not move forward. This year, they gave all their Fatbars an overhaul and as a result have nudged the width up to 800mm along with adding the 35mm clamp option.

Tried and tested, DH proven and yet not overkill on a trail bike, Renthal get it right yet again.

Renthal have not rushed this change and have spent plenty of development time testing and tweaking the bars so that the ride quality and feel remains very similar to the bars with the smaller clamp size. They noted, as we have at Dirt, that bigger isn’t always better and as a result have not made any compromises in the attempt to keep up with yet another standard.