{"id":29046,"date":"2015-02-26T17:05:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T23:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29046"},"modified":"2015-02-26T17:07:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T23:07:03","slug":"desperate-to-ride-my-bike-so-i-changed-bar-plugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/26\/desperate-to-ride-my-bike-so-i-changed-bar-plugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate to Ride My Bike So I Changed Bar Plugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I must be desperate to do something with my bike. The cold weather has kept me inside and off the roads. A while back I noticed the left plastic handlebar plug had lost the chrome finish as they are prone to do. These are the ones that come with many tape kits. I thought why not upgrade the handlebar plugs with ones that look better, color coordinate with my bike and will not come out as easy as the plastic ones do.<\/p>\n

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Original plastic handlebar plugs<\/p><\/div>\n

My first stop was Ebay.com to see what was out there. There were a bunch of listings but they generally repeated 7 or 8 designs with color options. Some were metal locking while others were rubber locking. By locking I mean how they are secured inside the handlebars. I ended up choosing gobike88 XON XSS-22 HandleBar End Caps\/Plugs<\/strong><\/a>. The black and red color matched my bike and I liked the rubber locking mechanism.<\/p>\n

Placing the order I expected a several week delivery time but they showed up much earlier. Before installing them I wrapped the handlebar tape with blue painting tape to hold the handlebar tape in place after I removed the plastic plugs. One concern I had was whether the XON plugs would fit inside the handlebar but they slid right in and using an Allen wrench the plugs locked in place.<\/p>\n

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Now I am ready to ride if the winter weather will just leave me alone!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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