Originally Posted by fishugly

Thanks, guys! The open end of my Ergon grips allowed me to slide them around on the bar to play with different widths...with lots of bar sticking out from each grip. The best feel for me thus far is slightly wider than shoulder width. All the cables but the front brake are now too short though (I had to ride with no shifting & front brake only). I'll install new cables and fine tune from there. I'd like to add some bar ends later too so will leave about 3/4" more width on each side to accommodate those. Any flaws with this thinking?