Originally Posted by trickdog
Finished with the trekking bars. I bought a new shorter and less angled stem which dropped the overall height of the bars by approx 1-1/4 inches.
I could not find any soft black insulating foam so I used the grey split foam and covered it with black hockey tape. Total cost for foam and tape: $2.34
With the foam providing hand relief and the lower height of the bars, they are extremely comfortable and well worth the investment.
trickdog,
What brand are those bars, and what was the price? I've been looking at trekking bars a lot lately, but I haven't seen any that look exactly like those.