Originally Posted by
lesterp66
They are throw away old bar ends cut down to about 2.5 inches and mounted inwards with the screw head on the underside, wrapped with bar tape. They make for a very comfortable cruising hand position and then when climbing or accelerating out of the saddle they are really solid to grab hold of and get leverage on the crank. I would have drop bars if they weren't so uncomfortable for my middle aged body.
When standing out of the saddle most people tend to lean forward to keep their weight centered, so the typical forward mounting of bar ends feels very natural. Same thing with grabbing the horns of bullhorn bars. I'm having a real hard time imagining how that could be comfortable. Have you tried them in the usual forward position and didn't like it?