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AnTi-TrAiL_nAzI
09-08-2005, 10:48 PM
just inspecting my bike, andi realized i have broken my barend. it is an ENVY 'kappa' girl bar end, and the bar is like pushing through the aluminum.. wtf?! any one else done this?



stubz
09-08-2005, 10:56 PM
happened to my friends dirty barends, just means that you hit them to much or drop your bike on them
Action Hero
09-08-2005, 11:29 PM
243 racing barends are the only MTB barends that are resistant to this.
AnTi-TrAiL_nAzI
09-08-2005, 11:31 PM
so this happens alot?
i have never heard of it happening?!
Action Hero
09-08-2005, 11:39 PM
so this happens alot?
i have never heard of it happening?!

a lot if you're not running .243 barends
Jeff M
09-08-2005, 11:45 PM
so this happens alot?
i have never heard of it happening?!

Yep, especially with steel handlebars. As Evan said the .243 ends are thick enough so this doesn't happen, most of the other "bling" MTB endcaps are too thin.
AnTi-TrAiL_nAzI
09-08-2005, 11:47 PM
but these are soo gosh darn bling'n
Rosscofat
09-09-2005, 12:40 AM
Kink bar ends dont
Emmens
09-09-2005, 01:03 AM
Kink aren't an MTB company. Most companies who know what they're doing wouldn't have a big problem with this.
SkunkworkS
09-09-2005, 05:58 PM
I use one of those $2.75 plastic dealios from MEC. They're still going strong.

Maybe the secret is to not drop your bike when you walk into the store or scoping a line, etc.
AnTi-TrAiL_nAzI
09-09-2005, 06:06 PM
I use one of those $2.75 plastic dealios from MEC. They're still going strong.

Maybe the secret is to not drop your bike when you walk into the store or scoping a line, etc.
or just crash less?! i dont drop my bike much, and when i do it is on soft ground, IE. Grass, or sand..
Marsenault
09-09-2005, 06:17 PM
I use metal ones but much prefered my plastic ones.
Straw
09-09-2005, 06:31 PM
Bar end = xc bar extension

Bare end cap = the accessory in question in this thread

My Dangerboy ones are holding up well.
The Ultimate Hack
09-10-2005, 12:21 AM
My Odi Thug Plugs are holding up great.
Jimmy-James
09-10-2005, 08:48 AM
Barends!?? wtf?? i haven't seen a bike with barends since i took the blue anodized quik release, and toe clips off my 1991 kona cinder cone
ArrowRacer
09-10-2005, 10:23 AM
/\ thats what i was thinking!

PS. Wooly Fabrications (now long gone for a few years) had the first aluminum bar plugs i'd ever seen, and they haven't given up since day 1.
SkunkworkS
09-10-2005, 10:37 PM
Barends!?? wtf?? i haven't seen a bike with barends since i took the blue anodized quik release, and toe clips off my 1991 kona cinder cone

Mine was a typo. :P