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Turns a flat bar into an ergonimic drop bar !
Light Weight 6061-T6 Ergo Bent Alloy.
Bead Blast Black Finish !
Super Light Weight Only 250g pair ! | | | |
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| | Features | Origin 8 Bicycle Drop Bar Ends, Black.Light Weight 6061-T6 Ergo Bent Alloy.Turns a flat bar into an ergonimic drop bar !Bead Blast Black Finish !Super Light Weight Only 250g pair !
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 What you see is what you get! Jun 19, 2009
I have an old Trek 800 mountain bike. I stumbled across these after searching for bar-ends. I realized I'm on flat ground more often than hills, so I figured I'd give these a shot. I had to chop off a piece of my handlebar grip-ends to accommodate these. You'll lose about 1 1/4 inches off of the ends of your bars. (There didn't seem to be any left or right; they appear interchangable.)
After using an Allen Wrench to attach them, I YouTubed "how to put on handlebar tape". There were several helpful videos. (Don't forget to buy bar tape, as this item comes bare! I recommend you purchase from the same seller, that way they will arrive together.) I did a sloppy tape job, but it'll do for now. I went out for a 20-mile ride and loved it! (Be careful when you use the drop bars as your brakes will not be within reach! Also, be careful of sharp turns as the bars might hit your knees. Perhaps this is an issue with any drop-bars?)
Overall, I really like them, but would really love it if they had a 2-in-1 style bar - tucking and climbing. Not sure if that exists.
A great buy for your money. Look for me riding at Griffith Park, CA : )
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Works as expected! Mar 02, 2009
If, for whatever reason, you want to add a drop-bar position to your flat bars, or transform a flat bar into a drop bar, these bar ends are for you. They work very well.
The clamp seems reasonably secure, in that the bars have not changed position since I installed them. the clamp does form a bit of a knuckle, though, so if you expect to have a perfect replica of a standard drop-bar, you might not be happy.
They're well-made, but there's not much to get wrong with this sort of product. The drops seem fairly shallow, which is neither good nor bad, unless of course you were looking for a deep drop.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A great solution to a common problem Dec 25, 2008
Look on the internet and it is a common problem that people buy a hybrid bike and then decide that they want to switch to a drop handlebar road bike. Either spend another $800 and up on a new bike, or spend $300 on switching the handlebars to drops requiring new shifters, brakes, labor to put them in, etc...
With some experimenting and research with how wide you want them and minor adjustments to your flat handlebar, you can turn your hybrid into more of a road bike with these. It's not a perfect solution. Components of your bike or the frame may not quite be a real road bike, but you can't beat the price of just these bar ends to make the conversion until you are ready to drop the cash on a new bike.
4 stars for the cost and ease of the solution. Didn't get 5 because the rest of the bike will still not quite be a full road bike, but that is no fault of the product.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Awesome Drop Bar ends, Fantastic Dealer Oct 07, 2008
I purchased the Origin 8 Drop bar ends from Niagara Cycle Works a couple of weeks ago and I love them. I ride a Trek 7.2 FX and have upgraded the wheels and Crank to get it as close to a road bike as possibly, the only thing holding me back was Drop Bars. Real Drop Bars would require Brake levers and shifters too - very expensive. In desperation I searched to see if there was such a thing as Drop Bar ends... the results of my googling was to find these bars on Amazon through NCW. I shortened my flat bars so that with the Drop ends the bars are the same width as a real set of drop bars. I have increased my speed by a couple of mph, riding into the wind is much better too! I love them! I plan to get another pair for my back up bike soon. O yeah! I ordered them on a Friday night and had them in the mailbox the following Monday afternoon! NWC is a fantastic company!
Buy em, you'll love em if you want to cheat the wind, pick up speed and make your hybrid or fitness bike ride more like a road bike!
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Work as intended Aug 14, 2008
They work just fine. No complaints, although I think I prefer the traditional mountain bike bar-ends
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