Scooter Bars

While bar size is mainly up to personal preference, you’ll want them to sit somewhere around your waistline. Some people prefer it a little above that, while others prefer it a bit below; that’s for you to decide! One thing to always keep in mind is that “bar height” is just the height of your bars; not the overall height of the scooter. Since the bars will always be resting on top of your headset, deck, fork, and front wheel, you can usually add 8 - 10 inches to the bar height to get the approximate overall height of your scooter from the ground up.

Similar to bar height, this is mainly a personal preference. Bar width is an entirely personal preference, though. The benefit of having a narrower bar would be that it would be easier to do barspins and bar twists. A wider bar might be more comfortable for some people, but it makes these tricks harder. (It's not impossible, though!) We typically recommend a bar width of about 22” - 24” as it’s the most common width on the market and will still allow you to do all your tricks with relative ease.

Besides different designs and shapes of bars, scooter handlebars come in 3 different materials, all with their benefits and drawbacks. The three options are as follows:

1. Steel/Chromoly - These will be the strongest bars you can get but at the cost of being the heaviest option.
2. Aluminum - These are going to be some of the lightest bars on the market, however, aluminum is not as durable of a material. To compensate for this, though, all aluminum bars will have a thicker wall to reinforce them. This means most of these bars are oversized on the outside but standard-sized on the inside for use with IHC or SCS only. They can never be used with HIC.
3. Titanium - Titanium bars are the best of both worlds for the most part. They are just as lightweight (if not lighter) than almost all aluminum bars on the market while being much more durable, albeit not quite as durable as steel. The downside is that Titanium is a much more valuable material, making titanium bars much more costly than other options. It is well worth the investment, though, for their benefits. Another thing about titanium, which makes it so durable, is its extremely flexible. This makes them less prone to snapping; however, you will feel them flex if you apply a lot of pressure. This may feel odd to some riders and can take a short adjustment period.

Installing your bars should be easy as long as you have the correct ones. If you’re using HIC or IHC, you only have to slide the bars onto the fork and tighten down your clamp. If you’re using SCS, you put the bars inside the clamp, tighten it up, and you’re ready to ride!