The second generation of SendHit’s popular Nock handguards have arrived offering increased adjustability and control clearance.
Usually the reserve of top-flight racers, handguards are becoming a more regular sight on the trails. Pete has been giving the SendHit Nock V2 Handguards a run for their money.
Photos by Pete Scullion.
Key features:
- Made in France
- Aluminum bracket with variable thickness
- Unbreakable guard
- Exclusive flip chip offering 2 lateral and 2 frontal positions
- Exclusive high absorption impact foam
- Uses 10 mm of handlebar space
- Does not interfere with shifter or dropper lever
- Compatible with all brakes levers and optimized for Shimano levers
- 168gr per pair
- 74.99 Euro
- SendHit.net
SendHit have managed to pretty much to clean up with the handguard market with their not being much else on the market in terms of any hand protection beyond wearing a hefty set of armoured gloves around the knuckles.
One of the primary complaints Ben had when he tested the original SendHit Nock handguards is that you needed to remove your grips to fit them. With the second generation of the guards, alongside increased adjustability, the new Nock handguards are easier to fit and fine tune for your preferences.
Larger master cylinder reservoirs can make fitting these problematic. The guards are stated as being best suited to Shimano master cylinders, and this is certainly the case. The Tech4 lever from Hope might well be too large.
With the split clamp making fitting a breeze you can make the most of the ability to flip chip that offers four different positions, two lateral and two frontal. They do sit between your grip and brake, however, so anyone with smaller hands might struggle to get these setup to suit.
Ben found the previous offerings a little too short to cover the end of his hands, as he runs them off the end of the bar. I run my hands in the same place and found the extra adjustment to cover the end of my hands. Anyone with shovel hands might well still find them no sitting outboard enough.
Whilst I tested these through the winter, the real reason to use these in my neck of the woods is to stop the omnipresent bracken from grabbing at the brakes. Tree strikes are a perennial issue though, and you can save yourself a good old smash of you fingers between the grips and a tree with handguards.
Like with the outgoing guards, the bracket will also do a solid job of seeing off any strikes to your brake levers in a crash too. I haven’t had to test this part of their design or the actual guards themselves as I have yet to stave them into the ground, but they’ve held up well against general wear and tear. The decal thickness also helps keep the guards themselves in good nick.
What do we think?
If you need to keep summer foliage out of your bars or like to take a sporty line or two during a race, then you’d be hard pushed to go wrong with the Nock Handguards.
We Love:
- Fit and forget
- Split clamp is a great improvement
Could do better:
- We can’t think of anything that isn’t splitting hairs
