I installed inner bar ends on my Roadlite. I went out for a 20km gravel ride to test them out. I was riding with a broad smile on my face the whole ride. Possibly the best sub €50 I’ve ever spent on bike accessories.
My riding comfort has been significantly improved by:
1. Reducing my effective handle-bar width by about 24cm, bringing my wrists more in line with my shoulder joints. This wrist width is a few centimetres shy of the width of my super comfortable drop bars on my road bike.
2. Improving hand position for longer rides. I prefer the hand position of riding on the hoods on drop bars (vertical knuckles as opposed to horizontal when holding grips) and I was looking for a solution that didn’t involve installing drop bars and shifters.
Model is SQ labs 410 v2. I highly recommend them.
TLDR: drop bars hoods feel at sub €50. Better aero positioning and hand comfort.
by waxonwaxoff_za
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They look like nipples; but whatever floats your boat. I won’t worry much about aero with this bike, not really it’s forte.