In the mid-to-late 90s, in hindsight, they were horribly dangerous. Usually each bar-end had an under-engineered tension system that was tightened with a single

In the mid-to-late 90s, in hindsight, they were horribly dangerous. Usually each bar-end had an under-engineered tension system that was tightened with a single screw, or two small screws, everything metal on metal and prone to loosening as you rattled up and down trails. To add to that danger, we were installing these all ourselves, so there was likely some WD—40 on the handlebars from when we first put our grips on. All around a lot of poor decisions were made. Probably not a universal thing, but that’s how everyone I knew put their bikes together.