Originally Posted by
saddlesores
a couple questions related to this thread.....if switching to butterfly bars....
i assume you can mount them with the open end forward or rear. anyone here
try both setups? advantages/disadvantages to each?
I've done both. The bars are pretty symetrical, so I don't really think there's a difference in that respect. The difference for me was that I could not get my shifter and brake levers around the bends, so they were always at the open end of the bars. When they were on a bike with a decent amount of reach and a fairly upright position, I put the open side towards me and only used the far side when I wanted to stretch. When I put them on a bike without much reach, I flipped them the other way to give myself a little more reach.