Anyway, I went out this afternoon and did 47km & it was the best ride on this bike yet, by some distance. I much prefer the narrower bar and I also like how it seems to have taken a bit more pressure off my wrists, presumably because I'm effectively more upright.
I really fancied bar ends though & I'm disappointed the cheapo ones I bought today can't be fitted. However, I think I have a solution. It's expensive but as far as I can tell the Ergon GP5 grips will fit in the space I have. They have bar-ends built-in & take up no more space than my current grips (according to Ergon's PDF). The downside is they're very expensive so it's going to be next month before I can afford them. Here's a link for anyone who's interested & doesn't know what they are..
http://www.ergon-bike.com/en/product.php?w=touring&a=griffe#gptouring-42410275
Has anyone here got any experience of these grips? My stock grips right now are Cube ergonomic things that are pretty much the same as the Ergons' but minus the bar-ends. I like the support they give me. The bar-ends would allow me to change position now & again to relieve any aches & pains.
*Edit - Sorry, one more thing. Has anyone dealt with
Tredz before? I'd never heard of them but found them toninght. They're considerably cheaper than anywhere else for the Ergons.