Has anyone tried these? It appears like they will add around 50mm per side. I’m thinking if I use them I will also use a lock on grip for extra support structure. 80mm of the grip will be on the original handle bars and that is the majority of my hand.
What’s the collective risk tolerance of the group?
by 426Mopar
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I’d just buy handlebars of the correct length that trust this
Unless you really really want a 900mm width, I would just replace the handlebars.
I’d be fine using them: there isn’t a huge amount of force on them and it looks like a fairly solid connection. That said, there’s a good chance you can pick up second hand handlebars that fit for a similar price or less.
On a commuter bike, sure. Anything going off-road needs high rise handlebars. You can get upto 90mm if you want silly. If you want tough, look at NSBikes Proof.
Handlebars are cheap. Teeth are not cheap. Those extenders are probably not cheap either…
Just get new handlebars.
OP is asking about adding width, not height
I’m using ones by control tech on a nitto bullmoose. It’s 71cm wide and I wanted a slightly wider bar – so it’s 75cm across with the extensions. They have been fine – used them on some singletrack and didn’t have any problems.
Ibis makes ajustable width handlebars
That’s a trip to A&E waiting to happen, and they probably cost more than a new handlebar.
That’s a big no from me today dawg.
I don’t think it would be dangerous unless it’s on a downhill bike but I get handle bars for like 5 to 10 bucks from the bike coop. Or new ones are 30
It would probably be fine, but mentally I don’t think I’d ever not think about the possibility of a problem, especially climbing or landing jumps.
For a cruiser bike or something sure, on an enduro mtb no.
I’d rather replace the bars. Structurally these may or may not be fine but they won’t ever be as strong as a real handlebar and they would be quite a bit heavier. Adding unnecessary weight to the bike is never a good idea.
If that arrow in the picture is accurate, with about 20mm extension off the end of the bar, I doubt there’s going to be much risk. My hands don’t even contact the ends of my grips. I’d reckon my hands would overlap the extender less than 10mm (if at all), and that’s not where the force lands.
I would however, recommend slip on grips. I suspect lock-ons might not fit over the larger diameter. And if an extender loosens, you’ll feel it through a soft grip.
Everyone says they’re super dangerous, but when I rode trials back in the day, there weren’t enough wide handlebars available. We used these to get a little extra width, and it worked great, especially if there was a certain bend bar you liked. The really cheap amongst us would use home made wooden extenders glued in.
So long as it’s not supporting your whole grip, the loads aren’t huge. We were very aggressive with bikes, and broke lots of things, mostly frames, but I never saw a bar extension fail.
I don’t know anything about the quality of that particular extender, but I’d probably ride one.
Just another data point: I use the Control Tech ones on a Jones titanium Loop bar and ride bunches of singletrack with no issues.
It’s a great addition to those $10 carbon bars on AliExpress.