What is the purpose of MTN bike handlebars with bar ends:
Is it better to avoid handlebars that have these?
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"Badger South" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What is the purpose of MTN bike handlebars with bar ends:Is it better to avoid handlebars that have these?
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They're usually removable.
They help when you climb, and you can move your hands around to reduce fatigue on long rides.
I like 'em.C.Q.C.
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Badger South said:
What is the purpose of MTN bike handlebars with bar ends:
From another post I've made on bar ends: I like them. Apart from protecting my hands, they serve
their actual intended purpose quite well -- I have many hand positions to reduce fatigue and give me
different ways to grip when my needs change. I grip them by the sides when torquing up a hill and
grip the part parallel to the handlebar when I want to stretch out a bit on flat land.Quoted message said:
Wow. Those are some, well, extreme bar ends. I like 'em.
Quoted message said:
Is it better to avoid handlebars that have these?
No reason to avoid them. Mine have treated me well.
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Badger South said:
What is the purpose of MTN bike handlebars with bar ends:MTB geometries + low gears/high torque on steep up-slopes tend to unweight the front wheel -- often
enough to pop spontaneous wheelies. Bar ends help not only to allow riders to lay some weight over
that front wheel, but also to not pull up on the bars so much when straining at the pedals, and
thereby keep that front end down on the ground.Like so many other fit issues, there's a sweet spot in bar end positioning, and getting them at the
right angle. It's so dependent upon the rider and the terrain in which [s]he rides, it's generally
left to the riders to figure that position/angle out for themselves by cut-&-try. IOW, properly
adjusting bar ends for off-road hilly riding, can't really be done on a flat showroom floor.
The counterpart adjustment for steep off-road, single track down-slopes comes in the form of QR
seatposts, so riders can lower the saddle and thereby scootch some weight behind the saddle, and
over the rear wheel.
Having to balance so much fore-&-aft as well as left-&-right adds a whole new dimension to riding.
Easy XC/single track is lotsa fun and often quite personally challenging, even for us oldsters who
have no compunction for wiping out like the gnarly, freeride younkers. Sometimes I wish I had the
wheels (and bar ends, and QR seatpost) for it again, myself. But for now, I'm happy enough to just
cruise around town with no bar ends, and an old style, binder-bolt seatpost that stays where I want
it (with a beer can shim; that's another story, about how bike shops won't sell me a nice, proper,
thin shim when I can make a cheap, ugly do-fer out of a beer can).
Anyhow, if I was going to go single tracking again, I'd look for a QR seatpost before any looking at
any kind of suspension. Yeah, bar ends would be nice then, too. And some decent wheels instead of my
current Araya/Weinmann city-bike stuff.
cheers, Tom
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Badger South said:
What is the purpose of MTN bike handlebars with bar ends:
Is it better to avoid handlebars that have these?
-B
Bar ends give the rider many hand positions. That means he/she can do something to help avoid carpal
tunnel syndrome and related problems. Using bar ends is a personal decision. If you ride with flat
handlebars, then you have the option to use bar ends. Using them or not is up to you. They are
inexpensive, so trying them out won't break most people. Best regards, Bernie -
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"Badger South" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
What is the purpose of MTN bike handlebars with bar ends:
Is it better to avoid handlebars that have these?
-B
They're usually removable.
They help when you climb, and you can move your hands around to reduce fatigue on long rides. I
like 'em.C.Q.C.
I like em too. It is very comfortable and relaxing when I change my hand grip position from
horizontal to vertical. At around $10 CAD a set, bar ends are a bargain IMO. Regards, Bernie
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