I put a set of the Nashbar trekking bars on my Raleigh M60 mountain bike and really like them. I have noticed that getting the saddle and handlebar height set right is important. I had things dialed in and had great comfort. Noticed that I needed to raise the seat a little bit and did that but need to redo some cables before I can raise the stem. Took a 35 mile ride yesterday and noticed that a significant decrease in comfort.

For anyone looking to buy a set, they go on sale a few times a year for about $14, which is $8-9 less then their regular 'sale' price. I keep checking for the real sale window to open so I can pick up another set for a Schwinn Sierra waiting for its rebuild.

Do you Trekking handlebar people use gloves when you ride or do you just put like 15 layers of soft gel stuff under the grips?

One thing to note, Ergon large grips plus the Nashbar trekking bars do not allow you to fit a separate shifter and brake onto the bar without cutting the Ergon grip down somewhat. That's the issue I ran into on my refit. I trimmed a little off the grips with a hacksaw and cleaned up the cut edge with a Dremel and made everything fit however and it doesn't feel cramped. The large grips are probably the best fit if you're a man and have a normal sized hand.

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You guys got me thinking, my MTB is now my touring machine and I am in the market for some hand and arm comfort......

interesting that some of you have them "wings up" and some "wings down".

i have these bars, and i thought they would be the end all to all my handlebar dreams. grabbing the sides is nice, but other than that i just couldn't get comfortable. they are also so damn wide that it's a little precarious to ride one handed.

i switched to bullhorns and its more enjoyable for me. i like holding the bar in the middle, and you cant with a trekking bar.

I use padding underneath the bar tape. Grips are nice just the way they are. Here's how you do it.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Padd...on-the-cheap!/

I have extra padding under the bar tape at the widest part of the bar where I grab it when climbing. You can see the bar tape bulging a little from it in this photo.

I ran into the same situation. I had to trim the Ergon large grips a bit to get them installed on Nashbar trekking bars. I also had to stop the bar wrap a bit earlier in the bend due to the handlebar bag. As is I have few mm gap between the bag and bar.

I use 2 layers of modestly Priced Padded Foam bar tape on Mine.

Consider putting the shift lever close to the stem , then the Brake Lever close to the Open rear side end .
they wont be far apart , as the bend goes forward then bends back before bending Inward ..

My 2 Trekking bar bikes have Rohloff's Grip shifters , so you may not find images useful ..

and the Bars came from Italian ITM , not Nashbar from Asia, You have several examples in the above ..

Lurker left this forum ~5 years ago ... thread is ~8 years old

Ahh thanks for the heads up on Lurker. As for thread being old, this thread came up on my search when I was swapping from riser bar to trekking bars It was a tremendous help to see the pics, thus my contribution for others who might be looking for the samething.

Compass ! I need a compass!

StemCAPtain - Stem Cap Compass 3.0 ? StemCAPtain

Of course steel parts around it wont help. ..