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11-09-11 | 07:12 AM

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bud16415

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From: Erie Penna.

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Originally Posted by desertdork

If you like that, consider getting a trekking or butterfly bar.

I almost said something about trekking bars when I made that post yesterday and I have used trekking bars before and they are really nice to add lots of hand and body positions depending on how you set them on the stem. Most people set trekking bars flatter the same way bar ends are commonly used, they extend your hand position forward for climbing. With trekking bars set up flat or slightly angled from level one position is moved forward from where a straight bar would place your hands and the other back. As you tip them more you get a straight bar equivalent of drop bars where one hand hold gets higher the other lower. I have seen trekking bars set up just about every way you can think of and there is no right or wrong way. They are something you have to experiment with and see what works.

The thing I liked about the extended bar ends is moving the bar ends has no effect on the normal grip position. Depending on what kind of riding I feel like doing I have adjusted them several different ways. But my home control position never changes. In the photo I posted they are really high up and that would be the best if someone wanted an upright position as a secondary hand position. Bar ends are designed to be gripped by the lower part much as how Lester has his shown and pointing more forward or even flat. Mine because I grip out at the ends are normally leaning forward but not more than about 45 degrees. I have also turned that mirror down now and that lets me grip that straight section also. If I was redoing this today I would most likely use padded bar tape on the whole length of the bar ends and the extensions.

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