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Description:The original. One-piece design, cold-forged aluminum construction for sheer strength. Offset clamps maximize gripping surface and increase leverage for power in sprints and climbs.
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Submitted by
Scott Marshall
a Weekend Warrior
from Wasatch, UT
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | AF Canyon Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Online | | Strengths: | Strong, light, solid | | Weaknesses: | none. | | Bike Setup: | Giant VT - custom build | | Bottom Line: | Helps to move your weight forward when climbing, or to just change hand positions on a long ride. These bar ends are cheap, but solid. Easy to install and worth it. They help protect your digits and have saved my shifters/levers from additional damage. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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james
a Cross Country Rider
from Castro valley ca
Date Reviewed: December 26, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Ace Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Great shape! Price is awesome. Quality is great, durable | | Weaknesses: | Basically the same complaints as other riders. I have a polished set which do get slippery when wet, possibly due to finsh. If I were to redesign these barends, I would make sure they had a little bit more grip in case of wet conditions and the word Profile would be engraved or etched | | Similar Products Used: | Onza L-bends | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar LE | | Bottom Line: | Get them! They are great, if you buy the polished pair, use gloves when wet. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Brad Kattelmann
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Apex Trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Sioux River Cyclery, Brookings, SD | | Strengths: | They work. Pretty much indestructible. | | Weaknesses: | Not as light as some other options, specifically the Serfas. | | Similar Products Used: | Serfas | | Bike Setup: | Were on a '98 Trek 6000, but it was stolen. | | Bottom Line: | These work awesome. I tried the Serfas bar ends for a bit, to see if I liked the feeling, but the Serfas didn't have it for me. Plus, the Serfas broke on me when I fell. I quickly put my Profile Designs back on and have not taken them off since. In fact, I presume they are still on the bike, but it was stolen two weeks ago.
These aren't for weight weenies, so I don't know if I will put them on my new bike or not. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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George F
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Sunview | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | Award Cycle | | Strengths: | Very light, strong, durable, looks sharp! | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Onza | | Bike Setup: | Marin Novato Triple Butted 7005 Aluminum Edge Tubed Frame, Mavic Crossrides, Bontrager Comfort K Hardcase Tires, Rock Shocks Jett 2, Kore Elite XC Comp Handlebars, Kore lite 3 Stem, Avid Arch Rival V-Brakes, Avid Speed Dial SD 2.0L Brake Levers, TruVativ 5D Crank, WTB Momentum Comp ST Headset, WTB Rocket V Saddle, Sette 7 APX seat post, Shimano XT Derailleurs, Cateye Wireless 7 computer, Profile briefs bar Ends, BLT mini-Doppler Light. | | Bottom Line: | Very light, nice looking bar ends. Feels good and helps with up-hill climbs. Highly recommended! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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bri
a Cross Country Rider
from Costa Mesa, CA (Orange County)
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | any dry one | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$13.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike, Tustin CA | | Strengths: | - strong
- light enough
- perfect length and diameter
- excellent value
- aesthetic appeal
- comfortable finish / grip with or without gloves | | Weaknesses: | - finish looks pretty nice (black) but not super durable .. I already got a nice scratch right through the paint before I got them home | | Similar Products Used: | - Icon Fatty McGee
- Profile Design Boxers
- whatever else was lying around the bike shop | | Bike Setup: | '98 Trek 7000 ZX | | Bottom Line: | Better than my old bar ends which I got tired of. These are just the right length and diameter, and even though the old ones were decent these ones fit me to a T. Had no problem installing, just had to take the proper time to adjust them "just right" -- ahhhhhh. Probably the best value I found for a cool set of bar ends out there. I recommend black but if you like the silver look then hey go for it. The boxers seemed a little long for my taste so I went for the briefs which are nice and compact and light enough not to notice them.
Would be interested in trying more of their products after this good experience! 5 flamin' chilis | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CL
a Weekend Warrior
from South Cal
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Rock it | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Cheap, look nice and smooth, not too heavy. good griping surface, stronger than I expected. | | Weaknesses: | black paint show scraches easy, but that might be the fact to all painted bar end | | Similar Products Used: | Ascent (ugly and heavy) | | Bike Setup: | Sugar 3 | | Bottom Line: | Great size and price, finish looks really smooth, give multiple grip positions than "brief" would implied. don't need to go oversize, this one will provide all you need for a bar end. Crashed my bike hard many times, never affect them at all (except scratches). Would get another one for new bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Robert Thompson
a Cross Country Rider
from Leicester / Uk
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | wants to go to iceland | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$23.00 | | Purchased At: | Broadribs, Oxfordshire, UK | | Strengths: | so light they are weightless, they are curved nice as well. | | Weaknesses: | they are smooth with no gnurled grips, so wet weather riding means you need gloves. It sounds silly but the profile logo wears off quickly making them appear unbranded. | | Similar Products Used: | x-lite ski | | Bike Setup: | Viper f-40 elite frame (www.woollyhatshop.com), wieniemen 512 rims, Panracer smoke, avid sd 2.0 brakes, shimano stx groupset, Bomber Z4's | | Bottom Line: | bar ends are bar ends with no working parts, they should last forever. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Omaha, Nebraska
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Strengths: | They do the job. Good grip. | | Weaknesses: | Not as light as Ti, or Fiber | | Similar Products Used: | Zoom, LD | | Bottom Line: | I have used bar ends for 9 years. There are three things I look for: lightweight, good grip, medium length. These have it all. I currently have them on a Profile Fiber XC handlebar and have had no problems.
Bar ends are one of the least important items on a bike. Find something that you are comforable with. There is no sence sinking a bunch of money into this item.
If you use the polished silver ones, get some lizard skins. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Spokane
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikeworks | | Strengths: | Light weight, inexpensive, durable great feel- just what they are supposed to be | | Weaknesses: | although the polished ones look cool they get pretty slick if you are sweaty- stick with the colored ones. | | Bottom Line: | I really like these things and have had them on bothe my hard tail and my dualie for over 3 years now. They do exactly what they are supposed to do, do it well and do it inexpensively. I suppose if I wanted to find something bad to say about them it would be that it looks like the clamp would not work with a carbon bar but oh well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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