Can you fit the ones with integrated bar end to carbon bars without the internal reinforcer? I know my old x-lites will crush it, will ergons do the same? They Ritchey WCS’s sans internal reinforcer …

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I don’t know, but I think the bar ends on Ergons are rubbish. Better off with separates. I do however love Ergons!

Yeah, except I can’t fit seperates, becuase those def would crush the bar. I just want something more comfy to stick the palm of my hand on for 24 hours and something a bit sticky outy to hook a few fingers round for another hand position.

My question is, will ergons crush the bar in the same way as seperate bar ends will. I can’t actually see the clamp design from any of the images on the web, or the tech-ish drawings on the website. Is the clmap designed to be torqued up like a lock-on grip, which is fine, or a bar end, which ain’t …

Ergons work in the same way as a lock on grip; you tighten the bolt through the bar-end which then tightens around a plastic collar on the grip.

However, this is the same as a standard bar end (apart from the plastic collar) so I don’t know whether it would be safe for your bars or not.

You need a reinforcer. Ergon do the appropriate bit to stop you crushing the bars.

You can get metal bar end plugs which re-enforce the ends of your carbon bars, that’s how Truvative overcome the problem.

Here go’s me babber.

teh bar end plugs innit

Spackerized do them too.

I thought I’d have to use some of them. ta squire.

It’s probably a good idea to use the re-inforcer things although I managed for quite a while without before I decided I’d rather have the extra bar width than the little bar ends. I now use the standard ergons without the ends.

I take it you don’t need those plugs on aluminium bars?

Not unless they are scooper lightweight numbers AB.

Ta

the easton website lists the barends you can use with carbon bars, ergons are a brand they say should be used.

However, I have used some Ergons on a pair on EC90 flat bars and they havent popped or cracked yet.