mountainfun

I'm looking to outfit my trek multitrack 750 with new handlebars as the current are to narrow for comfort, and unsure between trekking bars, or simply buying a wider bar and fitting bar ends. Any thoughts/help would be really appreciated.

AnthonyG

I haven't compared the two options directly but I have used trekking bars and I thought they were great. At the time I was using them on a road bike instead of drop bars but eventually I did move to drop bars. I really liked the multitude of hand positions and the provision of close and distant bars.

My experience with them is that you need to fit a longer stem when using trekking bars than you would use for flat bars as the clamping position is in the middle of the two basic positions.

Anthony

David Bierbaum

On a humorous note: If it's a Trek, then it HAS to be Trekking Bars!

You may want to go with Trekking Bars or bullhorn/messenger bars, since you will be changing bars anyway. Look up the many ways folks have installed them, to see what suits you best.

WarrenR

I started out with straight bars while commuting on my hybrid. I added bar ends for the additional hand positions and after going on longer runs got trek bars. Each was a significant improvement. The trek bar was a much bigger step up then just the bar ends.