{"id":129882,"date":"2022-01-08T18:09:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=129882"},"modified":"2022-01-08T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:09:31","slug":"theyre-actually-a-bit-different","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/theyre-actually-a-bit-different\/","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re actually a bit different."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk about the bar end plugs from Nitto.<\/p>\n<p>Bar end plugs are those small plugs for the handlebar ends. Nitto produces two different types of bar end plugs.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest difference between the two are the diameters of the bushings, but the outer diameter of the plugs are actually slightly different as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121966\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232110.826-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232110.826-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232110.826-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232110.826-1048x786.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232110.826-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232110.826.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the ones with the blue bushings first.<br \/>\nThese are the ones with\u00a023.8mm outer diameter. They are exactly the same diameter as the bar ends of drop bars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121967\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232056.261-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232056.261-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232056.261-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232056.261-1048x786.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232056.261-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-2020-09-24T232056.261.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now look at the ones with black bushings.<br \/>\nThese are the types with 22.2mm outer diameters. They&#8217;re exactly the same size of flat bars and sweep bar ends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re running a drop, pick the blues and if you are running flats or sweep bars, go for the 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