I have always been a fan of bar ends as well, and I did much like the rest of you have...gone with the smaller, unobtrusive bar ends. I just upgraded my Klein with an Easton EC70 lo-rise carbon bar and I put on the new Control Tech Carbon stubby bar ends and the setup is great!! I say..."who cares about what everybody else is doing. If the bar ends look & feel good to you, then use them."
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My bar ends and bar are one! I use a set of the old Scott AT-3 LF bars, and have a spare hanging in the basement in case this one breaks (since I don't think they make them anymore).
The good things about them:
- They provide multiple hand positions.
- The design helps prevent tree snags.
- The design also helps protect your hands.
- At 210g, they're lighter than most bar + bar end combos.The downsides are:
- You can't remove the bar ends.
- It's a pain to thread your brake and shift levers onto the bars.
- If you DO manage to hook a tree, you're gonna do it in style.For me the good things outweigh the bad, so I'm sticking with them.
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