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Submitted by
Catfish
a
from Ventura, CALIFORNIA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Howard Trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Surgeon, Camarillo | | Strengths: | Very light wieght, not expensive. | | Weaknesses: | No longer manufactured. | | Similar Products Used: | Everything? Well, 1/10 of everything. | | Bike Setup: | Old Raleigh M-7000 stock (low-end stuff bolted to the thing) except XT V-brakes, Speedspring kit in the stock Indy C fork, Odyssey Svelte pedals and Stubbs bar ends. ~45lb bike. | | Bottom Line: | Wow! a chi-chi part! Am I riding a chi-chi bike? Guess so....
I've crashed these bars ends a bunch of times, no problems - a bit of paint missing, but no bends yet - 3 years now. I like short bar ends, and the cutout portion is pretty cool, in my opinion. Getting a new (chi-chi) bike, will probably move them over since they aren't made any longer. And since they belong on a chi-chi bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David V
a
from West Chicago, IL
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Weight | | Weaknesses: | Low Strength Aluminium. Poor Quality Anodized finish (might just be the Al is so cheap) | | Similar Products Used: | Others... | | Bike Setup: | Sandvik Ti Frame, RockShox Judy XC, King hubs, Bonti Asym Mustang Rear/Mavic 217 front, XT derailleurs and BB, Cooks Quality Products 177mm Crank (way old! bought this sucker out of the old mans garage), Thompson Elite Seat Post, Flite Saddle, Avid 2.0 Brake Set....24.5 Lbs. | | Bottom Line: | Gotta say the design is very cool. I do wish the red color had more red in it. Not quite there, darker than pink, almost a salmon color.
The Bad: The aluminium is of low quality. I can see how a crash can kill them; flakes of metal have separated from the edges in a few spots. Still red underneath. The metal was probably bad before they were sent out to be anno'ed. Wierd. I've used other ends, and have even bent my bar where the bar end bolts on. I'd much rather trash the ends and have the bar in good shape.
To make them last, I just don't crash. Well OK, I've crashed, and pretty badly a few times (a few compressed vertabrae, a new helmet and a new tube last time), but the ends have not felt any damage in the last two years.
contrary to popular belief...read some earlier reviews...we're not posers. A poser would be riding some flashy Cannondale or Trek Y POS, showing off their cash and gagets. We just want light bits for the bike. I like light! (If my bike is light, then I can eat more spaghetti, right?)
If you don't want to scratch it, leave it at home! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shakey
a Cross Country Rider
from Ohio
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Vultures Knob | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light, stronger than most people give credit, functional for what they were intended. | | Weaknesses: | Will probably bend if you go over the bars, and from reading all of the reviews here I almost believe that they may actually make you go over the bars. | | Similar Products Used: | Icon, Coda, Profile, Scott | | Bike Setup: | Superlight (lots of goodies) | | Bottom Line: | First of all I have to address one issue. Do these bar ends make the rider prone to stuffing their front tire in a ditch and going over the handlebars. Good grief guys, pick a better line. Just read for a couple reviews and you will understand.
These bar ends are perfect for what they are intended. Cross country racing which requires the occasional change of hand position for those long climbs. They are not intended for alternate hand positioning on technical sections (or sitting you girlfriends fat rear on the handlebar on your way to the 7/11). The open design does make them prone to snagging but if it bothers you that much then wrap them with some athletic tape and problem solved.
Anyway, good bar end. Incredibly light. Strong enough. Perfect size for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
yoyo man-children
a
from vega system
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | eye candy-ish, sort of. fairly durable. | | Weaknesses: | a pretender; short on most points relative
to what else is on the market | | Similar Products Used: | stubbs bar ends - the best, no competition. | | Bike Setup: | specialized s-works dualie | | Bottom Line: | capable and durable model, competitively
light, grips well, nothing in the looks
department though. second to the stubbs
in every conceivable respect.
the stubbs' open design kills the competition;
saves mucho weight, creates a grip loop you
can hook your fingers tight in and around.
simply unrivaled. must have. mere 65 gms ! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ride It!!
a Cross Country Rider
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anything that tries to kick my butt | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light, small | | Weaknesses: | not very durable | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpjumper | | Bottom Line: | Was impressed with them at first, because they were compact and didn't get in my way. But then I slammed them into some rocks, they bent very easily. When they get scratched the metal gets really sharp, so you either have to shave them down or wrap tape around them. Because they have the big gap, it's easy to get them stuck in a tree branch that you might pass by to closely. Luckily, I bought my fiancee the same pair for her bike(but she doesn't really use them) and I've been switching my bad ones for hers. If anybody has some suggestions on light durable and small barends, I'd love to hear from you. Eventually, I'm going to run out of my backups.
If you're looking for something that will last you at least a year and you ride hard, don't buy these. If you ride occasionally, don't ride hard and like to look cool then these are you.
ciao. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Speed Racer
a Cross-Country Rider
from Reston VA
Date Reviewed: December 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
anything technical | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Light
great in wet conditions | | Weaknesses: |
none so far | | Similar Products Used: |
Scotts,etc | | Bike Setup: |
Trek Y-22 with Stratos shock and Spinergy Spox wheels, Raceface cranks | | Bottom Line: | Have wrecked numerous (30+ times?)times in rocks and mud with no damage and I weigh 200lbs. You need gloves to use them but terrain here is so rocky it would be nuts not to. The notch is great in wet conditions or when your hands are sweaty. Plus you always can grab them in the same position every time with the notch. Five Chilis from me. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fat & Slow
a Weekend Warrior
from CT
Date Reviewed: September 28, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
anything technical | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Light, cool design | | Weaknesses: |
comfort, strength | | Similar Products Used: |
Icon, generic | | Bike Setup: |
Klien Pulse Comp, Judy w/englund catridges | | Bottom Line: | These are just what they appear. Very light, not too tough or comfortable. If they get scratched who cares - it's a mountain bike not a Ferrari.
Mine bent too so I'm going to go with some Bonty Racelites next time. If your worried about weight (which I was when I bought them) the're great. I'm not as concerned with a couple ounces as before so I'll go with something stronger. Overall not disappointed, but not thrilled so 3. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kent
a Weekend Warrior
from Morris County NJ
Date Reviewed: May 27, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Lite weight
Unique design | | Weaknesses: |
Larger riders will probably have problems with gripping. These are
very small barends | | Similar Products Used: |
Too many to list (most available) | | Bottom Line: | I generally wouldn't recommend these barends for xc racing or extremely serious off-road use. They are very small and with a gloss finish can be very slick to grip. In addtion, because they are open barends, sticks and other hazards could get caught causing a safety hazard. With the above said, I have found the quality and performance to be outstanding. I have fairly small hands and as such these barends work well for me.
Based on the type of riding I do (a lot of spinning) they get 5 stars from me.
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Submitted by
Rob Hartsock
a Racer
from Anchorage, AK
Date Reviewed: May 24, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Cliff trail | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Return policy from Bike Tight is very liberal. | | Weaknesses: |
These still suck ass. I wanted to make an addendum though. I talked to a rep from Bike Tight, and they gave me a new bar-end no questions asked. They didn't even want the old one in return. They just express mailed a new one right to me. I gues that you would say that was a good thing, and it is in a way. But then I got to thinking and I had a thought about it. I think that if the company doesn't even want the old bar-end in return, they basically know the product sucks, and they have no intention of fixing the problem and improving the quality of it. As far as I am concerned, the company has a done a good job of maintaining good will with the public in that they have a generous return policy... but they have a deficient product. | | Similar Products Used: |
Bontrager race lite | | Bike Setup: |
hard tail racer. | | Bottom Line: | I still think that the bar end is deficient, that it is not race worthy. I still think that the bar end is best suited to saturday afternoon sidewalk skimmers who like to look nifty with all that chi-chi stuff hanging off the bike. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Noah
a Cross-Country Rider
from CT
Date Reviewed: April 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Wilton town forest | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
light
comfortable with gloves
don't bend as easily as people say | | Weaknesses: |
can get uncomfortable after a while without gloves | | Similar Products Used: |
Pacific bar ends | | Bike Setup: |
Schwinn mesa le chro-mo frame with manitou sxr | | Bottom Line: | these bar end are great. They are comfortable as long as you wear gloves, and don't bend as easily as some people have said. Great buy if you only use them for climbing, and not as an alternate hand position. five stars, because they are great for average use, and wont bend unless you realy smash them against a rock. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cam
a cross-country rider
from Walkerton Ontario
Date Reviewed: February 1, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I bought these used, then bent them 2 days later. I was mad! So I emailed bike tight, and they never replied for 4 months. But when they did, they said they would be happy to send me a new pair, and some extras at no charge! Then I was happy....=o)
They look great, are the lightest available, good price, feel nice, and have a good customer service team to back them up!
Buy some stubs!
Cam | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Miller
a weekend warrior
from Marin, CA
Date Reviewed: January 3, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I was a little worried about bending these things after reading the reviews. Rode on them last weekend and crashed into a hill and turned one into my plow. Needless to say it was burried into the hill side. Fearinf the worst I pulled out the bars and found it just fine condition. Tougher than I thought. 4 chilli's for now.... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
neil
a racer
from NC
Date Reviewed: December 8, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
well, i guess most of these cant be wrong... small, light, but i had a weak endo the other day and bent the right one all the way to the bar. for a few more grams, get something that will last. 2 flamers for unique design | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a weekend warrior
from Virginia
Date Reviewed: November 20, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Bought these a month ago and was very happy with them at first: light, comfortable and look good, too. Then I did a slow endo over a big log. The ground was soft (+ lots of autumn leaves) but the bar end still bent in sharply. I might try to bend it back. It wasn't that bad a crash. Three chilies from me. Would be five but a mountain bike product should last through at least a few minor crashes. Good price, too, so I might go ahead and buy a new set anyway. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan
a racer
from University of Richmond
Date Reviewed: November 2, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I really liked these until this weekend while racing I took a minor spill and the right got a 90 degree bend in it where it was supposed to be straight. Before this they we're awsome. I like how they're real small but still feel good in you're hands. Was 5 chilli's until they broke. Now they get 1! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marvin McGraw
a cross-country rider
from Baton Rouge, LA
Date Reviewed: October 19, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Let's see....bought them around a year ago from Bike World. Looked great on the bike, that is, until I endo'ed six months later and bent the right one. Really wasn't that bad of a spill. The weak spot on this bar is the notch at the bottom, it bends real easy. Otherwise, they look cool, and feel great...too bad they don't last. Exchanged them for a pair of Scott's....now there's a good bar.. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darrin W. Ramie
a racer
from Minden, LA
Date Reviewed: August 26, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have had these bar-ends for about a month now and really like them. They are light and very comfortable. I only use them to relax my hands on long climbs and down roads, so they work great for that. I can see that if they take a hard hit they will bend though, so for that they lose one chili. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a cross-country rider
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: August 19, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I like my Stubbs. I've fallen plenty in the 5 months that I've had them on my bike and they haven't bent. Maybe I've just been lucky? In any case, I found the edges a bit sharp for longer rides so I wrapped them with cloth tape and they are much better. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Craig
a downhiller
from Northwest
Date Reviewed: July 12, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I probably should have read some reviews before I purchased these bar ends. I don't crash often, but when I do, they're real hum dingers. Unfortunatly, after having the Stubs for less than a week, I crashed and bent one in pretty good. I haven't attempted to bend it back yet, I know it's going to do it again in the next crash. I gotta admit, they were comfortable and extremely light. So I'll give them a couple chillies for that. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alan
a cross-country rider
from Southern California
Date Reviewed: July 7, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I had these bar-ends for about eight months or so, and overall I liked them. In answer to Carlos' concerns just below, they can survive crashes, but small ones. They first bent on a moderate crash that landed on the handle bar and bent the right one, only a bit. After some tooling with a bench vise and a vise-grip I was able to bend it back with minimal force (I know you're not supposed to do that, but I'm a broke college student). A few weeks ago I had a bad crash which completely bent it over enough so I could hardly get my hand on the grip. I could hardly blame the unit for this 'cause I also cracked my helmet all the way through, bent my seat, destroyed the b.b. as well as gave myself a compression fracture on a vertebrae. Yep, the paint will quickly scratch, but I'm not that concerned with aesthetics. Also, I have monster guitar player hands and have not had an issue with their size. I'll buy another pair, as soon as I am able to ride again. Loses a chili because the paint is an issue that could be easily fixed by the company. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carlos J. Montanez
a weekend warrior
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: July 3, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
The Stubs are very good, and their weight is negligible. I use them for climbing and relaxing my hands, and like the feel of them. The Stubs seem to have a significant anatomic advantage over conventional designs because they deliver a positive grip all the time. These bar ends also look great on my F700. There is one concern though, will they survive a small crash? I'll try to remember that crashing will cost me an extra $40, and that might help me be more careful! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
endo
a racer
from boise
Date Reviewed: June 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
They are comfortable, I have not bent them, and I have piled into the ground twice on them. They are cheap, and yes, of course, the most important part, they are light. Wow, what a huge difference, 1/4 pound off of the handlebars, that's an upgrade. 4 chilies, very few parts are worth 5. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
M Vides
a weekend warrior
from El Salvador
Date Reviewed: June 21, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I read the reviews before buying my STUBS and wasn't sure if they were good. Finally, I get a pair in Silver color to avoid scratches to paint. They feel good. Weight is excellent and they perform well when climbing. Also the price is good ($28.95 at Bikeworld) I can not compare them with other bar ends because they are my first pair. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Randy
a weekend warrior
from Dallas, TX
Date Reviewed: June 17, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have had mine for a little more than 7 months and I love them. Unlike most people, I have pretty small hands so they fit me well. I would not recommend them to anyone with large hands. For me they are light and comfortable. They do get scratched but I will get over it.... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Moses
a cross-country rider
from New Jersey
Date Reviewed: May 1, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I was disappointed in these bar ends. Like many others, I saw them in a magazine and thought they looked cool. When I put them on the bike I found them to be very uncomfortable (unlike my Torellis I had replaced). I also have found they scratch much easier than any other components. When I turn my bike over to work onthe bottom bracket area, the Stubbs get all scratched and now don't look so cool. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
The Apostate
a cross-country rider
from Berkeley, CA
Date Reviewed: April 1, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I saw these in the store and though they would be good for me since I only use my ends occasionally. On the first day I installed them, I was cleaning my bike from a previous ride when the bike fell over. This bent the bar end in! I was shocked as the fall was very mild. If you look at the picture, you can see that the notch at the bottom makes the end prone to bending when hit from the outside top. In order to fix it I had to bend it back with a hammer, something the instructions say you should never do. Instead (again according to the instructions) I'm supposed to send the bar-end back along with $25 to get a new one. Well my $39 bar-ends just became $64 bar-ends without a single day of riding. I think I should have bought LP's. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a cross-country rider
from Austin, TX 78722
Date Reviewed: February 22, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This is a follow-up for my previous review. The Stubs worked well, I still like the finger cutout, however my experience indicates that they are made out of an alluminum that is too soft or too thin. I had one big wreck and bent one enough that it wasn't usable. My old Avenir barends, both Ti and alluminum have survived worse wrecks without a whimper. This soft alluminum may have also been the cause of the cracking in the finish that I indicated in my previous post. I also felt a little flex when cranking, however at the time thought it was my imagination, I feel now that these indications were probably all related to the weakness of the metal. Good design, poor execution. If they beef them up a little more I'd buy another pair, but in their current form they just can't take the beating my other parts can. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bomber
a weekend warrior
from Houston TX
Date Reviewed: February 22, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Just put a pair of these on my bike. The open design looks cool and provides a secure grip. These are for riders that only use their bar-ends when they stand. Finger cut-outs allow your hands to lie at the ends of the bar for maximum leverage without resorting to a complex internal clamp like Answer. Less is more in this case. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ole Blokhus
a racer
from Oslo, Norway
Date Reviewed: January 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I've had my Stubs for a few months, and I've learned to love them. I bought them because the low weight intrigued me, and I thought: What the heck, I'll give them a try!. And I did, and I hated them. A week later I just didn't like them. Two weeks later they started to feel not so bad, and after about three weeks, they simply were my bar ends.I should ad that my hands are on the large side, and a rider with smaller hands will probably be comfortable a lot sooner than I.For the price, weight and performance, you can't beat these. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a cross-country rider
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: January 26, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I agree with Steven. I love mine but I think these will be a very polarized love-hate item. If you look at the picture of them above you'll notice they have a notch where your fingers can rest while on the handlebar, the also have a similar notch underneath. This is very nice for positioning your hands and provides a very nice feel when the outside of your hand rubs them when on the handlebar. I was surprised to find they work quite well for climbing, not as well as a full barend, but very well. Mine are clear coated silver and the paint starting chipping and cracking right away. Hopefully they'll fix this soon. Other than that they have performed very well. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steven Keir
a cross-country rider
from Modesto, CA Stationed in Okinawa, Japan
Date Reviewed: January 24, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I've had my stubs for six months and I must say that I am impressed. These things are very nice for the price, WEIGHT, and feel when climbing steep stuff. For the people out there- you are either going to love 'em or dislike them. I don't really need or use my bar ends except for climbing , so I find them very useful. But, if you like to relax on your 'ends then you might want to stick with your favourites! | | Overall Rating: |
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