Originally Posted by
busted knuckles
I know nothing about the Jamis but commute 19 miles a day on a LHT. I love it. Bar end shifters are great. My only beef with them is standing up to pedal, sometimes my "massive quads" hit the shifters. Not much of a problem for me, I am rarely out of the saddle.
I've never understood this issue. I'm 6'6", so my initial concern with bar ends was kneeing them accidentally. I do a lot of stand-and-hammer climbing on pitches over 20% grade. Not once have I ever put a leg to my shifters.
Try leaning back so you're more centered over your cranks instead of leaning over the stem. Climb with your hands on the tops of the bars instead of out on your hoods, and it will automatically put your weight back over the cranks. It's more efficient for climbing; less rocking the bike back and forth and more of letting your weight do the work to move the cranks.