On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Bill Prouty<bill@wbpnet.com> wrote:
> I agree with Greg on this one - I've never even thought about hitting my
> knees on the barcons. I have Campy bar ends and when I was out Saturday
> afternoon, I looked down to see where my knees were in relation to the
> shifters. I wasn't even close - maybe 5-6 inches.
>
It can happen during standing pedaling, and certain maneuvers (standing pedaling through a climb switchback, or agressive jumps) for some people who have fairly low bar position and maybe deepdrop bars like Cinelli Mod66. My bikes have long top tubes and long stems but my knees can still touch during the above maneuvers. Usually during racing or intense training where I might geek out a little to close a gap urgently, and limbs go a little outside their usual spheres. This is without bar ends. I switched from plastic (Campagnolo label) end plugs to rubber Velox ones, even though the Velox are thicker, just because the rubber cushions a knee bump and makes it less an issue. So when I have used bar ends, I've had to be a lot more careful (or cut the ends).
Mitch Harris
Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA