Trek 7100, currently using the risers with some bullhorn ends, but want some more options. About 3 miles of my commute, and varying amounts of utility riding is on chipseal of varying degrees of added roughness over and above normal chipseal, and it's killing my hands. Takes about 3 minutes to get rid of the tingling when I get to work. Doesn't seem to matter what hand position I'm using, switching helps, so I'm thinking adding more positions might be the key.

Anybody using trekking bars on a 7100? Would like to see your setup.

I have used Trekking bars and they they were comfortable for me with 2 layers of bar tape. In the end they were too wide for me. My back between my shoulder blades would fatigue after a while. I use the widest part on the side mostly. Have you tried Ergon grips? They have stopped all numbness even on long tour days on Albatross bars that have 1 primary hand position.
Usually with bars you have to try it and see.
Good luck,
Tom Palmer
Twin Lake, MI

I switched to trekking bars from risers a few weeks after I got my bike and haven't looked back. Incidentally, I ended up riding almost 40 miles of gravel last weekend and did experience some numbing after the first hour of riding. The different positions do help, but it also depends on what type of bar tape you have. It took me a few tries before I was able to decide on the type of bar tape I ended up having on my bike.

have them on 2 bikes, My rain cape, draped over the bars, has no snags on brake levers or bar ends..

& being 22.2 tube The R'off grip shifter and MTB Hydro brake lever work perfectly ..

g'gl for pictures.

https://www.bikeforums.net/touring/88...l#post15525914

This is one of the other things I kept noticing about all the trekking bar setups I've seen pics of; there's nothing sticking out that just looks like it's waiting to cause a serious injury in an otherwise minor wipeout. With the chipseal and debris along the last mile of my commute, (the turnoff to the landfill is about a quarter mile before work, and the scrapyard is about a quarter mile past it, so all the junk people want to get rid of comes through that stretch, mostly poorly secured on a flatbed or tossed into a cattle trailer) that's always a concern.

I had them for a while, I like them. I had the Nashbar ones.