Originally Posted by
Dunbar
Practically speaking there's no way bar ends could be placed at 40-44CM wide on a flat bar bike. My experience riding both is that drop bar width is a compromise. The tops of the bars are narrower than the ideal position but it's worth it because it places the brake hoods in the ideal position which I ride 80% of the time. I tend to like narrower bars on my hybrids but there's a limit to how narrow you can go and still be able to fit the brakes and shifters. One of the reasons I don't like bar ends is they feel way too wide to be comfortable. If I was to cut the bar down enough that the bar ends were comfortable then the normal position on the grips would be too narrow.
Well this is exactly what I was thinking. my bar ends are to wide. but the grips seem ok.
if I move them inbound of the grips and grip shifters I probably would need to move them 6 or so inches/ so it would be
grip /shifter/bar end brake stem brake /bar end/ shifter grip.
Then the bar ends just move in 10 to 15 cm per side. this would put them at 40 to 30 cm wide (assuming i stat at 60 cm) that's too narrow.
if the red bar below is a handle bar and the leftmost to the fourth are standard bar ends. short long, long bent, long curved. does anyone make one on the right. that would give people more flexibility to make the bar ends, less ended.
maybe something like this, without the pads, cut to length if needed.
maybe all you need it he clamp an the 'L' par of the bar
