Inner Bar Ends?

[Adam Alphabet]

Hi,

Has anyone used inner bar ends? Whether something modern like the SQLabs inner bar ends or the old Onza's you've had kicking around your parts bin since the 90's. Looking for people's experience, pros/cons with running bar ends inboard as an alternate hand position.

For context...
I'm planning a road (mostly pave, some gravel) tour this summer and am thinking about adding an additional position to change pressure on the hands. Not planning on switching to drops, not running bar ends at the end of the bars, not getting togs, not adding aerobars...

Thanks!

[taprider]

curious too, but wonder if you would need a heavier bar to be strong enough in the middle to mount inner bar ends to

[Furiousbot]

I have used inner bar ends at the TD. They are great. However, I would stick with using older bar ends and just wrapping them in ESI grips. I tried the SQLabs inner bar ends at my last TD. They worked for a while, but eventually the ergo shape proved TOO ergo and ended up aggravating my ulnar nerve horribly. I will go back to using regular bar ends. I have these old Easton and they are great.

[Adam Alphabet]

I have used inner bar ends at the TD. They are great. However, I would stick with using older bar ends and just wrapping them in ESI grips. I tried the SQLabs inner bar ends at my last TD. They worked for a while, but eventually the ergo shape proved TOO ergo and ended up aggravating my ulnar nerve horribly. I will go back to using regular bar ends. I have these old Easton and they are great.

Thanks for the real world experience Furiousbot.
I was looking at the SQlabs ones but they seemed rather short in length, thanks for your feedback on those.

Bummer about the ulnar nerve pressure, which is something I've also dealt with over the years racing ultras. Finally have it figured out for the most part but don't want to re-aggravate anything on an experiment.

Some cheap old aluminum things wrapped in layers of bar tape is probably the route I would try.

[Lentamentalisk]

I got a pair after a 3 day bikepacking trip. Haven't used them overnight yet, but I am a fan. If you are actually mountain biking, they are way safer than bar ends, cuz they won't catch on trees. Don't MTB with bar ends!!!