Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
...I have never owned one but the bikes I've ridden with barcons were knee hazards.
In fairness to bar-end levers, one is supposed to first shorten (cut) the handlebar drops by at least an inch when installing them.
This 1975 Schwinn (with it's modified original steel handlebar and lengthened (by 2cm) stem) needed it's handlebar trimmed even when using "stem" levers, though only because of the bar's odd dimensions and that the Electro-forged Schwinn frames have
such a short reach for their height (credit to the 70-degree seat tube angle, which pulls about three cm out out of the reach dimension).
Yeah, that's a Garmin and clipless pedals on a Varsity.
