Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
The bars end like any others. Instead of giving you a flat botton like thing to close the ends of the drops off, they give you a silicone penis tip. When you're wrapping the bars, that plug makes the end of the tape disappear. Supposedly they're also good for leaning your bike against the car by the bar end plug, I've never done that, there are more convenient ways. Anyway, you don't need a saw, they just pull right out.
The SES bars are sized differently. If you buy them in 44 cm, that's measured plug to plug. The drops are flared, so the hoods are much more narrow than the sizing would have you think. All of that puts you on a more aerodynamic position.
Finally, as a general rule, wing bars are "more comfortable" because they're more flexy. These are solid. Their other road bars are actually more comfortable. But lower tech.
I had a heck of a time getting the cables through the bars as they would jam easily and the junction box does not help. I would not try it again without the routing aid. I pared mine with a Zipp SL dropped sprint stem. They are the stiffest bars I have ever touched.