Advice please from 2013 Kalkhoff Endeavour Owners

[Animal]

Hi All

I'm totally new to the delights of pedelecs and bit the bullet and purchased a Kalkhoff Endeavour . Brilliant bit of kit but for the long journeys and to reduce wind resistance I find myself naturally leaning far forward on the bars. Does anyone know of some tri bars that would fit on these bikes as there's not a huge amount of room on the bars? It's a long shot but any advice gratefully received!

 

[rippedupno1]

Hi Animal, i had exactly the same problem when i bought the BS10 last year,i wanted to stretch out and get lower but without going to the extreme and instability of tri bars. I found some longer bar ends at decathlon for a tenner and fitted them on the inside of the grips which allowed me to get lower but without bringing my arms too close together, so stability and access to the brakes is still fine.

For the money i have been really pleased with the result
Cheers Gaz

 

[Animal]

Gaz, you're a genius! Many thanks. That looks like a perfect solution.

 

[grldtnr]

The Dutch have the habit of crossing their arms , then resting them on the bars so as to get out of the wind, probably works fine for sit up and beg style bikes which are directionly stable .,i.e. are not twitchy

 

[jackhandy]

Reminds me of the tale of US navy pilots beggarising about flying upside down, 50 ft above the waves.

Famous last words from one as he pulled back the stick to gain height...

"Oh **!"

 

[RobF]

Roadies rate the forearm on the bars position for aerodynamic efficiency.

There were some stubby tri bars a few years ago which were later banned by the UCI governing body.

The problem with them is you will eviscerate the rider in front in the peloton in the event of a pile up.

My aero tuck amounts to leaning forward a bit, although not after lunch.

 

[grldtnr]

Roadies rate the forearm on the bars position for aerodynamic efficiency.

There were some stubby tri bars a few years ago which were later banned by the UCI governing body.

The problem with them is you will eviscerate the rider in front in the peloton in the event of a pile up.

My aero tuck amounts to leaning forward a bit, although not after lunch.

Yup! use to do that myself back in my glory days club cycling, looks a bit out of place on a Pedelec now though

 

[grldtnr]

Yup! use to do that myself back in my glory days club cycling, looks a bit out of place on a Pedelec now though

thats resting my forearms over the bar , not eviscerating others !

 

[VictoryV]

Reminds me of the tale of US navy pilots beggarising about flying upside down, 50 ft above the waves.

Famous last words from one as he pulled back the stick to gain height...

"Oh **!"

The RAF Jaguar aircraft had "G" limitations of +6g to -1g. That is if you pull up in a "loop" it will take up to 6g, if you push over (or bunt in a reverse loop) then it will take -1g. The pilots were trained to approach a hill and to invert the aircraft on approach, that way they could pull 7g over the hill whilst upside down (that is the +6 g limit plus the +1g natural gravity pulling down) - thus keeping close to the contour. Once over the hill they would re-invert to normal level flight and carry on. If they "bunted" over a hill they could only pull the -1g over the crest, which was not efficient at keeping you at low level, especially if you were being chased by a hostile aircraft. This was all done at 250 feet above ground level. They were not human, they had no imagination, just absolute trust in themselves, their training, skill, and aircraft.