I've been having the same problem for a while now and enough is enough, every time i hit up the local single track my handlebars are too dam wide and i keep clipping trees (although not stacking, it bloody hurts). But not only that, when i do tight single track climbing its quite combersome but thats probably more to do with my geometry but handlebars will effect it? so heres my question - obviously i can go narrower bars but how will it effect my bikes handling.

A bit of a briefing on my bike. Quite a slack head angle 68˚ i think. 150mm travel all round short stem 50mm? etc etc..

What do you reckon (photos attach), a bit of hammering repair will hold? or I better replace?

Well...I went up to Kala Cycles to see the boys about the HD they had in store on a super sale, had a ride around the block and thought about it over night and the rest is history, I picked it up this afternoon and took it for a quick burn at the goat farm on the way home. Hitting Gunjin tomorrow

I normally run a 2.35 ignitor (tubed) on the front but changing to UST after a very sad pinch flat last night.

I can get a cheap new LUST Ignitor for $30. However it's only 2.1 and I've read these are possibly thinner than stated. So is this going to be grippy and robust enough around the KC and the jumps on Loco, Lancaster etc?