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Moderate to high speed contact with tangly vines or brush are enough to warrant a somewhat dangerous tug on the jersey or directly on the skin and consequently
by thefz 5y ago
Moderate to high speed contact with tangly vines or brush are enough to warrant a somewhat dangerous tug on the jersey or directly on the skin and consequently a semi-violent jerk to the handlebar. Now multiply that with the hooking power of an aluminum J-shaped tube sticking out of the front of the bike and now you get why bar ends disappeared quite fast from modern mountain bikes.
- tonymet 5y agoAlso worth noting, compared to the 90s, bars are much wider (5+in ) , making it more dangerous: catch more vines and when you catch one, more leverage for a disaster.
- alistairSH 5y agoNot to mention the bikes are WAAAYYYYYYY faster over just about all terrain (suspension design, tire design, etc), and even more so going downhill. Instead of hooking bars at 10mph, you're doing it at 20mph+.