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Maybe I’m too young, but I remember everyone removing the bar ends because they were understood to be undesirable on a mountain bike. I always thought they wer
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
Maybe I’m too young, but I remember everyone removing the bar ends because they were understood to be undesirable on a mountain bike.
I always thought they were installed from the factory to make the bikes appeal to road cyclists who were familiar with road bike geometry and riding style. Like training wheels for road cyclists coming to mountain biking.
- pharmakom 5y agoI love MTB bar ends. They let you adopt a more efficient position for the inevitable road sections between trails.
- elcapitan 5y agoI bought my first MTB in the 90s, and bar ends was something that I bought in addition, they were not standard from the factory. That was before downhill biking became a big thing, geometry was still very classical (triangle, either no suspension or just front wheel) and we were mostly doing more mild uphill/downhill riding on forest roads. The bar ends were helpful for the uphill part, because you could push the bike left-right more easily standing up while pedalling.
- SamBam 5y agoWhy did you find them undesirable (unless for more modern handlebars, for the reasons in the article)? I definitely found them useful for climbing with the old flat handlebars.
- twic 5y agoI have bar-ends, and i find them highly desirable!