pwa wrote:It certainly is personal preference, but to that 25mm bar section that you would be content to cut off you could add maybe another 10mm or more because the bar end levers include the bit that the lever pivots on, which acts like a part of the bar for the hand to rest on. So in total you could lose 35mm, which may be what it takes to give some people the room their knees require. I can't remember how much I cut off my bars (on 2 bikes) to get the levers where I want them, but I never touch the levers with my knees and I have relatively long femurs to accommodate. And I don't have a long stem as I don't like to be too stretched out. I'm not interested in selling bar end levers to anybody who does not want them: I just want to suggest this solution to anyone who is using these levers and taps them with their knees.
I've just been out to the workshop and measured some Shimano B/end levers(I keep a pair as spares when touring,should I have a problem with the STI's on the tandems)the boss measures 30mm,but I don't think I'd ride with the heel of my hand up to the end.
So I think 25mm cut off the end of the 'bars would be a maximum,with the lever inline with h/bar end there's another 40mm stuck out rearward in the firing line for a Patella
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I do understand that some folks like their B/end levers,I've tried them and didn't like their potential for disaster.
Hence the Kelly's,which are far more ergonomic as I can use them from tops,hoods or drops,and being inboard of the brake levers are out of harms way.
And I can fit my RVM in the bar end