What are these called?

SEBZxELITE
SEBZxELITE Posts: 20
edited June 2015 in MTB general
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These white upright handlebar extensions? I would like to get a pair!

Thoughts on them? Are they heavy? They look very comfortabel :D

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    A whole topic about them viewtopic.php?f=10002&t=13030425
    Even what they are called.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • robertpb
    robertpb Posts: 1,866
    They are called a face planting devise.

    You're riding along a trail when some inanimate object jumps out and grabs hold of them and gives you a face plant.

    The fist time I saw this was in the mid eighties when some new rider to our group had them on his bike, a number of us said they can be a bit dodgy on tight tree lined trails, sure enough he ended up in the brambles.
    Now where's that "Get Out of Crash Free Card"
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    They were popular in the eighties and early nineties. Lethal on tree-lined trails.
    Transition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=13070235

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