Brake lever extensions?

SteveA said:

I saw something on a bike today that I had never seen before. On a flat
MTB handlebar with bar ends. The brake levers had extensions bolted
onto their ends that roughly paralleled the bar ends. Obviously
designed to allow braking when on the bar ends. Didn't look home made
either.

Anyone ever seen/used these things. I'm not even thinking about them
for myself, just curious.

Like these??:
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/_borders/SpecM2Bar.JPG
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/1991_Spec_M2.htm

hippy

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SteveA said:

The brake levers had extensions bolted
onto their ends that roughly paralleled the bar ends. Obviously
designed to allow braking when on the bar ends.

Quoted message said:

Like these??:
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/_borders/SpecM2Bar.JPG
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/1991_Spec_M2.htm

Looks like it would work with barends - as long as you have hands like a
gorilla! Jeez my fingers won't reach, I'd just move the hands to the bar.

Cheers
Peter

Peter Signorini said:

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SteveA said:

The brake levers had extensions bolted
onto their ends that roughly paralleled the bar ends. Obviously
designed to allow braking when on the bar ends.

Quoted message said:

Like these??:
firstflightbikes.comSpecM2Bar.JPGOpen ↗
firstflightbikes.com1991 Spec M2.htmOpen ↗

Looks like it would work with barends - as long as you have hands like a
gorilla! Jeez my fingers won't reach, I'd just move the hands to the bar.

Cheers
Peter

Yep, they look like the items I saw but they were set up much closer to the bar ends, thereby not requiring 'gorilla hands'. May have been that the brake levers they were on were straighter thanthe XTR ones in Hippy's photos.

SteveA