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Submitted by
ntj
a Cross Country Rider
from Sydney
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Appin | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$16.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Comfy | | Weaknesses: | Broke after 2 days when the bike was dropped on the ground | | Bike Setup: | Shogun Prarie Breaker on slicks for commuting | | Bottom Line: | I should have read these reviews first. Why bother making these stinkers? They are supposed to be very tough, but they break very easily and you can't contact the company. They were just on my commuter, you are asking for trouble if you want to use them on 'singletrack'. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ClimberStephen
a Racer
from St. Louis, MO
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Some Web Site | | Strengths: | They are small and light weight. There is a ÈProÈ version now that are a bit more beefy and are way more ergonomic. Iève used them both now. | | Weaknesses: | The plastic is total junk. I read through the earlier reviews and totally agree with most. I owned my Pro versions (you know, the more beefy ones) for only a month and one went flying after my first wreck! Also, I couldn't get them not to rotate on my bars, no matter what I did. I even went as far to roughen up the end of my bars with a Dremal in hopes to add more friction. No luck. | | Similar Products Used: | I hate having bull horns off my handle bars, which is why I went for the smaller size of these guys. | | Bottom Line: | Never buy these! They WILL break in you within 6 months. A total waste of money. And, as everyone else has said, no way to contact the manufacturer. I've owned two sets now, and have had two of them break. I won't be buying more. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
WestCoast
a Cross Country Rider
from Squamish,BC,Canada
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Canada | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | EBay | | Strengths: | Great shape and size. Light weight. | | Weaknesses: | Made from a Hard but VERY BRITTLE plastic that easily cracks.
A very tight fit onto handle bar making installation a bit of a pain, but not that bad. | | Similar Products Used: | Profile Carbon | | Bike Setup: | Giant Anthem, XO, XTR Crank, F100, Juicy Ultamite | | Bottom Line: | Would really like this Bar end if it was made with a better plastic. Seems to have been made with a very brittle plastic that cracks very easily when installing or tightening. Be very careful not to tighten to much or they'll shatter as mine did. This was quite a shock to me as they were being installed onto carbon bars, which you can't exactly crank anything to every tightly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from SLC, UT
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Nice shape | | Weaknesses: | Weak | | Bottom Line: | I put these on my bike in December and didn't get to ride with them (too much snow) until a few weeks ago. Both cracked over the winter (maybe due to temp changes?) and are now worthless. No response to email and nobody answers the phone. Are these guys still in business?
Summary: worthless and a scam. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Bolt stripped on one side during installation. Was being very careful using a torque wrench. | | Similar Products Used: | Titec | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Vertex 30 | | Bottom Line: | I do not recommend these at all. They are cheap plastic and strip way too easy. If it helps I am running carbon bars so maybe they are a wider diameter because these suckers would barely fit on the bars with the bolts off. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a
from Santa Rosa
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | ??
They are light and inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | I couldn't get these installed on my bike. I measured the bar-end opening and it is significantly undersized (.020in) relative to the handlebar.
I tried contacting the company-phones, etc, not working | | Similar Products Used: | Onza bar ends - back in day | | Bike Setup: | I planned on using them on my Single-speed for an extra gear. | | Bottom Line: | I should have read these reviews before I bought them.
The products don't fit on their intended application. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
david
a Cross Country Rider
from athens ga usa
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | takes up space on end of bars
helps keep hands from slipping off of bars
the guys who created the product are cool and really good mtn & road riders. | | Weaknesses: | broke, cracked, with no abuse whatsoever
| | Bike Setup: | carbon hardtail full xtr | | Bottom Line: | other than helping to keep hands from slipping off of bars and providing the occasional different hand position,
no worth at all. cracked and never a wreck and had to remove. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark McPherson
a Cross Country Rider
from Midland, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | any singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Singletrack website | | Strengths: | First off I have the Pro's not the Lites. Now for the strengths:
Appearance - The outrageous comments from my riding buddies.
Ergonomics - The Pro's fit my hand like nothing else I've tried and the centering of my palms over the center of the bar works.
Performance - I have to say I have not experienced the strength issues I've read in other reviews. I've taken the bark off of trees with these things. Flipped and crashed on hardpan and sustained no structural damage to the bar ends (I can't say the same for the body). I'm now looking for another set for my single speed. | | Weaknesses: | I'm running carbon fiber bars and you can't just crank the bolts down and go. All the surfaces need to be prepaired and the bolt torques measured. That being done I haven't had any problems so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Numerous | | Bike Setup: | Titus racer-X: Dave's Speed Dream wheels with Chris King hubs, Thomson stem and post, Shimano XT throughout (not XTR for durability), Easton Monkey lite. Fast and fun! | | Bottom Line: | With a little prep in mounting these things work for me. They have become my favorite bar ends period. I will put them on all my mountain bikes. And no I am not affiliated with singletrak solutions what-so-ever. Good luck and "ride hard". | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate Johnas
a Racer
from San Juan, CA
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | dirt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | nada..zip...zilch..lightweight is only cool on products that actually function. afterall, I could technically make a bar end out of paper...but what good is that?? | | Weaknesses: | in my 20 yrs. of mtb riding and building bikes, I have never used such a piece of sh@#. they strip, brake and slide on bars...what else can I say...they suck!! | | Similar Products Used: | ergo II etc | | Bike Setup: | ventana blinglespeed | | Bottom Line: | Did the company even test these before sending them to stores...are you kidding me?? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean
a
from Golden, CO, USA
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | singletracksolutions.com | | Strengths: | light. | | Weaknesses: | Took over a month to receive from their website. One cracked during installation (didn't return b/c of hassle). I could still use it, but it would rotate a bit. Had a minor fall soon after installing them, and the other broke. Cheap. | | Bottom Line: | Don't recommend. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rico
a Cross Country Rider
from Ky
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | any in KY | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$13.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | Lightwieght and not over cumbersome | | Weaknesses: | none that I've found | | Similar Products Used: | Titec bar ends, don't care much for the bull horn type bar ends | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300, race face crank and bash guard, Rockshox Duke XC, time Z pedals, BB7 brakes | | Bottom Line: | They mounted easily and I've had severl good wrecks and they are taking a beating. Last wreck the bike slammed down hard enough to break my rear derailure hanger and clog up the barend with dirt and rocks but they didn't break.
I think most of the negative feedback is due to improper installation. You can't tighten the things down on your bars so that the there is no gap at the screw hole. They don't need 40 foot lbs of torque to stay on. People are over tightening them, putting too much stress or actually putting small stress fractures in them and then 1 wreck it breaks and they blame it on the product and not their lack of mechanical skills. Once the pinch bolt starts getting hard to turn, another 1/4 turn on the allen wrench and your done. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fang Lawrence
a Cross Country Rider
from Liang
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | lfh5454@yahoo.com | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bicycle | | Strengths: | Comfy on the hands, I hate it where other bar-ends have the bolt sticking out. This one doesn't. | | Weaknesses: | Durability!! The bike fall over in the garage, and the thing broked off. In the garage!!! Can you belive it?
Their website don't work either. Arhhhh!!!!
I guess they got tired of everyone complaining, and returning this piece of crap. I am returning it. | | Similar Products Used: | Performence Topo. | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Homgrown Sweetspot/LX/ | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy it! Don't buy it! Don't buy it. Don't buy it. Don't buy it. Unless they start puting in some spline in the bar-end, or use some softer/tougher plastic, this thing is going to break. It's a cool product, but they really need to fix this thing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Gainesville, FL
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | none whatsoever | | Weaknesses: | They slip, they are very uncomfortable, they are just as heavy as larger aluminum or carbon fiber bar ends even though these are plastic | | Bottom Line: | These things are horrible - they have a very narrow oval shape which actually digs into your hand and causes discomfort. You have to tighten the screw to the point you think it's about to strip out to get them to stop rotating around the handlebar. They are going right back to Performance for a refund - I even cut my Oury grips to mount these pieces of junk! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from NJ
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Light weight | | Weaknesses: | Broke right away | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar, XT drive train, Easton CF bar and seat post | | Bottom Line: | I go to put to first one on and while tightening the screw, it just snapped and broke. I didn't even torque it down hard. I put the other one on and it was fine. Easton recommends these but they're so weak. I tried to go to their website for customer support but all you can do is order another set. I see now that I'm not the only one with this issue. I think some legal action is called for. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Geoff
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, Tx, USA
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | greenbelt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Discovery Cycle | | Strengths: | Light.....semi-comfortable | | Weaknesses: | They kept rotating so i tightened them with a tiny allen wrench and the bolt broke of in the 2nd week i had then. Tried to contact company to get my "life time warranty"....website has no contact info and bike shop got them through a supplier. RIP OFF | | Similar Products Used: | Cane Creek Egro II....pricy but amazing....ebay em | | Bike Setup: | Highly upgraded Gary Fisher Opie | | Bottom Line: | Complete Lightweight Junk | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael LaFlamme
a Cross Country Rider
from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Poison Spider in Moab | | Strengths: | Their design looks really nice on the store rack, and they fit well in the hand. | | Weaknesses: | THEY BREAK, and THE WEBSITE IS DEAD, and THERE IS NO WAY TO GET A REFUND OR EXCHANGE. | | Similar Products Used: | Tubular bar ends | | Bike Setup: | Stumpy Expert Disc | | Bottom Line: | STAY AWAY. They are guaranteed to not break, but they are brittle. Mine broke the first time it hit a rock. Most important, the company cannot be contacted for a refund. Their website is dead, and just sends you to PayPal. Not a class act. Other similar ergonomic styles have an aluminum skeleton and are stronger. Try them.
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Submitted by
Kirk
a
from Belmont, CA. USA
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | blueskycycling.com | | Strengths: | Won't be able to find out. | | Weaknesses: | One broke in half before even used. | | Bottom Line: | I bought the PRO version of these which appear stronger and are larger but still lite. They went on carbon bars on a new build. Before even riding the bike, I changed the angle on one, re-tightened, and it broke in half. I was not cranking, it broke like an icecycle. These are guaranteed to NEVER break...but....there is no way to contact the manufacturer to cover the warranty. The website is dead and Blueskycycling could not find their phone number after two good efforts. Bluesky offered to replace them if I pay for shipping two more times - to return the broken one and to recieve a new pair back. Why would anyone pay almost the purchase price all over again for barends that broke before they were even used? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kenneth
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything dirty | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$16.00 | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | all | | Weaknesses: | smooth | | Similar Products Used: | various bar ends | | Bike Setup: | 2 wheels , tubing , various junk to make it a bike | | Bottom Line: | these are very effective bar ends!
Hey BONEHEAD!
If you have problems with them turning on the bars , did you ever think about sanding bar /bar end interface & wiping off with alcohol or something? obviously just by looking at the screws & threads they are not designed for huge torque !
don't blame the bar ends for your lack of skill or knowledge BONEHEAD! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Grubb
a Cross Country Rider
from Enterprise, AL, USA
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Any Singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$16.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Price, lightweight, adds additional hand position for longer rides, somewhat improves climbing position. | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to get tight enough to prevent rotating. Broke 1/4" ahead of screw after 9 months, and I didn't even crash - one of them just broke! | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Jekyll 400, Avid BBDB Series 7 disc F/R, Avid Ti brake levers. | | Bottom Line: | I chose these for the price and size. I like the feel of barends mainly for the security feel and different hand positions available. My bike fits nicely and don't feel the need to move my hands on the short technical climbs I normally encounter, and these barends don't really provide the length needed for the purpose of moving hands forward and really cranking on long climbs. For my purpose, they worked fine - until they broke! If it wasn't for the failure, I would have rated them 5&4. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kenneth
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Honker | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | small, light & conservative | | Weaknesses: | to smooth of a finish & CHEAP threading (screw to barend interface.) geeezzzzz...plastic threads hahaaha!!!
the screws really do not go in far enough for a positive grip. | | Similar Products Used: | Titec,sette,cane creek. | | Bike Setup: | stumpjumper,xt everything (drivetrain),moots bar & stem ,mavics ,mars elite shock | | Bottom Line: | Very functional ends really like them but kinda on the cheapie side cutting corners ....
i stripped one of the threads ,so what i did was drilled the holes all the way through & counterbored it .180 depth &.270 wide then installed another screw with a nut on the other side (same dimension head just longer shank.)
i am in the process of making my own bar ends from aluminum
basically the same thing but knurled finish & skeletonized.
I would say these are good ends for anyone looking for a minamalist ends of pure function . | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nick
a Weekend Warrior
from amarillo tx
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Strengths: | light and cheap | | Weaknesses: | the clear are ugly | | Similar Products Used: | generic aluminum | | Bike Setup: | haro werks 2.0 | | Bottom Line: | no complaints, rode on for 2 years with little more than a scratch | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
michael alonzo
a Weekend Warrior
from san antonio, tx
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | single-track | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | ride away bikes | | Strengths: | they are light but that comes at a price (strenght) | | Weaknesses: | hmmmmm., they are weak and break easssyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | profile carbon, ritchey | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Marlin with shimano Deore XT, clipless pedals rock shox judy tt fork | | Bottom Line: | they suck, i did'nt have a chance to use them. I was upgading my derailers to deore XT and decided to buy them and have the shop put them on. When I went to pick up my bike the darn barend (left) broke when my bike was being brought from the back of the shop. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kathy
a Cross Country Rider
from NY
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Singletrack anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | PedroFest | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | I don't like the way they point outward. It's not comfy and is more likely to snag on the shrubbery | | Similar Products Used: | various aluminum and carbon fiber bar ends. | | Bike Setup: | Titus RacerX/Sid XC/SRAM 9.0 drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | They need to angle the hole for the handlebar so they don't point outwards. I used them a few times and found the angle uncomfortable. Took them off and they're sitting in a parts bin in the garage. I went back to my generic aluminum bar ends. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jaymes
a Racer
from Georgia
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Man Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Great for climbing, very light | | Weaknesses: | I don't know of any | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | trek 8000, custom setup | | Bottom Line: | When I was told to put these barends on my bike, at first I was hesitant about it. I had ridden other peoples bikes with them and found them only a problem. My hesitance prove to be wrong because when I tried them on the first hill, they increased my climbing almost double. Now, along with my leg strength, I can also use my arms to the fullest, which gives a lot more added strength. And as of yet, I haven't had any problem with clipping trees or hitting objects, only faster ascents. They are also extremely light, which is a plus. I would definitly approve these barends for anybody, beginners to pros. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Cummings
a Racer
from Snellville, GA USA
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Extremely lightweight and durable. Great hand position. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey WCS, EPX Carbon | | Bike Setup: | K2 Zed Team, speedplay, kenda tires. | | Bottom Line: | These are the best bar ends out there. These are some of the lightest out there and they give a great extra hand position. They are a great up grade for anybike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christian Fontaine
a Racer
from monroe,ga
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | back yard | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | i like them for their weight, also they help me climb. | | Weaknesses: | i like chesse | | Similar Products Used: | never used'ed ber in`s, | | Bike Setup: | Sugar Rase Sid sram | | Bottom Line: | they made me use them and i didnt really think i was ever going to use them (they said if i didnt like them i could take them off), but now that i am usig them i like them much.i did a four hour ride on them today and used them muchly.
i like them because tey fit my hand well,their light,and they aint obtrusive, | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy J
a
from Lilburn, GA / USA
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Rich Mtn | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
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