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I'm using Ergons, had them on narrow/straight flat bars, wide risers, 20deg flat bars and now Jones loops. They're super comfortable, the large GP1s are nice and chunky which works well for me. Tried their skinny race GX1s or something and while they're half the weight, they weren't anywhere near as comfortable. I'm not even tempted to try those ESI things everyone seems to be using now!
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Awesome. If they're still that cheap in a year I might grab one when I return to Blighty.
I get a bit of an ache at the base of my thumbs after 2-3 hours trail riding. My 10-degree-sweep bars do feel especially straight but that's probably only in comparison to the Mary bars on my commuter.
I have tweaked the brake levers around and that hasn't made any difference. One thing I'm wondering is whether it's because the BB7s on my Krampus need a proper two-finger pull, so I'm hanging on the bars via my thumbs. How do people find the wide Ergon (or Ergon-style) grips on a mountain bike?