In a message dated 8/2/2 5:01:59 PM, skipechert@attbi.com writes:
>The reason for the use of bar ends in cyclocross is that in a tumble,
>integrated shifters/brake levers can break or bend. This can keep you
>from
>shifting, and ends your race early. Bar ends are harder to damage in a
>fall.
The use of barends in cyclocross predates integrated brake/shift levers by several decades. Phil Brown In clearing NoHo, Ca