|   Singletrack Solutions Bar Ends | Ben S
Sep 27, 2001 12:33 PM | | Anyone have any experience with Singletrack Solutions Bar Ends? They are like Cane Creek, in that they extend both in front of and behind the handlebar, thus keeping your weight over the rear wheel. They are half the price of the Cane Creeks, and I'm trying to decide between the two. Thanks. |
| re: Singletrack Solutions Bar Ends | gerg
Sep 27, 2001 12:43 PM | | The idea of them extending behind the handlebar(towards the rider) scares me. I get a visual of if splitting my ribs when I 'accidentally' get off of my bike. Just a thought. |
| I didn't like them... | MD
Sep 27, 2001 1:06 PM | | Which type of bar ends one likes is a subjective thing, including those who don't like using bar ends at all. There's long- and ski-bend types, shorties and stubies, and the kind with a short backwards extension like the cane creeks and single track solutions.
I hated the tiny little single track solutions. The hand position was all wrong for me (too far back for a bar end). Personally I like the ski-bend types (I have a set of light Bontrager Magnesiums which I love).
My single track solutions broke after a week too, and this may have been partially my fault, but I was glad to see them go although I was out $18. The reason they broke was because I tightened them too tight onto the bar, and their cheap plastic clamp snapped. However, I chose to clamp them without their silly plastic handle bar insert/adapter, which allows them to rotate while on the fly. I didn't need the rotation they provided, so I chose to run it without the adapters. I really don't think they should have broke that easily though.
In summary, cheapo, ugly, tiny, and they didn't offer the hand position(s) I needed. |
| I didn't like them...(me too) | JAG
Sep 27, 2001 2:00 PM | | They are insanely light however they are too thin therefore cause your hands to get sore if you use them to lean on for a change of hand postion.
Rather have nothing than these bar ends. |
| re: Singletrack Solutions Bar Ends | laffeaux
Sep 27, 2001 5:11 PM | | I'm confused... You said, "they extend both in front of and behind the handlebar, thus keeping your weight over the rear wheel."
How does this keep weight over the rear wheel? I get pressure on the rear by torquing back on the bar ends. If my hands were below the bar I'd have less pressure in the back.
I agree with the other poster that likes the Bontrager ski bends. Never used a better bar end. |
| I like em' | JoeR
Sep 28, 2001 5:28 AM | | Allows me to stand up a little straighter when climbing very steep grades, I can balance my front/rear traction easier. They are ALOT lighter than the Cane Creeks. |
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