Originally Posted by
Christov
New member here. Have enjoyed the Board and all the good information and the new friends.
I have a question about bar ends for an older Trek 7.3. I bought this bike new in 07 and have enjoyed it fully but am wondering if bar ends would give more comfort for longer rides and if so what are the best ones to get for my particular bike.
Chris
I bought these:
http://www.amazon.com/Origin8-Pro-Pu...0955995&sr=8-2
They are amazing, and I use them around 80% of the time I'm on my bike. I don't have them wrapped or covered or anything, I was waiting to see how they felt when it got colder, but as it turns out, with cycling gloves on they're fine as-is.
My only complaint is that I had to move my shifters inward, making the regular flat parts of the handlebars tighter and perhaps a little less comfortable, but since the bar ends themselves are so much more comfortable to hold on to anyways it hardly seems to matter. If I was keeping this bike for long distance riding I might consider getting a wider handlebar, but I'm getting a road bike with drop bars for that, so my hybrid will stay with the same flat bars and bar ends.