Originally Posted by gastro
Again, this has nothing to do with that. This is about the claim to own someone on a climb while sporting dorky upright bar ends.
Really?
Bar ends are where you sit and boast.
They have stools
My bike is set up for 2 types of climbing -has no bar ends.
I might use barends more horizontal to get areo for flatland.
I'd use them to get my hands\chest out and get air better pushing high gear ratios.
Climbing is about saddle hight, correct knee\axle and low gear ratio IMO.
Jumping, all mountain..no bar ends.
I see them like attached pedals. Think about your arm in between barends\bar in an endo if your grip slips. I've come off bikes riding the toptube with my crotch and one foot ont the pedals. Also flipped them over my head -so sitting up I saw the bike bounce in front of me.
You have to do most climbing sitting spinning, getting off for dear life.
Or and you can learn to use different muscle groups and rest others.
^-climbing I use my bars as I'm pulling the front wheel over stuff or I'm adjusting the tilt of my balance to the drive wheel.
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Barends...weigh in as a no.
Some CX racing is done with the hand position barends would suggest.
Low over the headset, not like risers.