Me and the kids race BMX bikes, and you’re actually far more likely to take a bar end to your own self, rather than another rider. You typically bang elbows mor

Me and the kids race BMX bikes, and you’re actually far more likely to take a bar end to your own self, rather than another rider. You typically bang elbows more than you’re hitting a bar on a competitor. I’ve actually seen a kid get impaled in the chest from his own bar end. And the comment about aesthetics is 100% spot on with a majority of the bike crowd.