Originally Posted by Raiyn
Riser bars aren't designed to cope with the stresses produced by barends. They add to the leverage at the bends of the riser.
This is another reason why carbon riser bars don't reinforce the ends of risers to allow barends to be mounted.
That plus with many bar ends the angle is way off when mounted to a riser due to the greater sweep. Some companies have a pivot mount for their bar ends that allows for some tinkering, but the space allowed between the bar and the interior surface of the bar closes down reducing the effectivenss of one of the main postitions the bar end is there to provide.
If you want bar ends skip the riser and go to flat bar with a steeper stem to keep your ride height
I did not know that .thanks. I will be removing my ergogrips ASAP. I barely use them aymore anyway