Re: [CR]Bar Cons vs Bar ends

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:30:55 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Bar Cons vs Bar ends
To: kmacafee@isd.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: cbeyer2@volvocars.com

In a message dated 1/15/03 5:51:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, kmacafee@isd.net writes:


> I am with Ray -- I have ridden both for years and the BarCons always win
> hands down. Just my 2 cents
>

Everyone can prefer whatever they like. If the Campys aren't set up with excessive attention to detail, they are profoundly mediocre. I'm not at all surprised that the majority of experience is that SunTours are better. All I can tell you is that properly set up Campy bar ends, are VERY different from ones that are just assembled. I gave the basic method of how to do it. If you don't go to THAT amount of trouble, they don't compare well at all. This includes the time to get the friction right. They don't slip or creep when correct. And see, the term BarCon was used, and we all KNEW it meant the
SunTours!
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA