Comments on: Specialized Bar End Plugs

By: Levi

Levi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:28:23 +0000

Yeah, it’s about time they have nice versions of these for MTB. I’ve been running similar (albeit heavier) bar ends on my BMX bikes for years. Like Ghost Rider mentioned “what’s old is new again.” Cycling is turning into the fashion industry!

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:32:26 +0000

Things pop into my life for a reason.

I have recently decided to put a carbon bar on my XXIX, even though I need bar end, And my favorite LBS just picked up specialized.

Thanks for the info Arleigh!

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:12:52 +0000

It just so happens that I treated that Pedal Pusher catalog like the Bible for years…apparently, I memorized huge portions of it!!!

I guess it just goes to show that there is very little “true” innovation in the cycling world…sure, we’ve got better shifting systems and BBs now, but a lot of the other stuff has been tried before (shaft-drives and other weird drivetrains were tried way back in the early 1900s, and didn’t work any better in the modern era, with a couple notable exceptions).

In any case, keep up the badass tips and product reviews — I really dug your Dangerboy lever tutorial. Those levers shore are purty on your bike!!!

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:11:29 +0000

Ghost Rider -

Thanks for the info!!

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:09:36 +0000

This concept is nothing new…only resurrected from the heyday of MTB. In the 1994 Pedal Pusher Buyer’s Guide, Profile has a very similar model, as does ATI. Answer (Hyperends XC) even made a pair of barends that had the expanding plug built in as a retention device for the end of the handlebar.

That’s a decent price for a little bit of extra security and durability for a fragile carbon bar, though.