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I believe the concensus is nooooooo! Catastrophic failure is no fun.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh dear. Carbon is wicked strong. Easton CNT Monkey DH bars are basically the strongest bar made. I researched extensively on this board and others and couldn't find anybody who had broken one or knew of anyone who had, or heard a rumour that one had broken one time. Most Carbon bars are designed for XC use, but if you can't trust a Monkey DH bar for extrem riding I'm not quite sure you should be riding a bike.true.dat
I believe the concensus is nooooooo! Catastrophic failure is no fun.
So after your comment about failures that means you only run heavy steel bars on every one of your bikes right?I've stirred the hive! I suppose it's personal bias based on early carbon bars. True, the new bars are much better as long as they are torqued and unabused (dings/scratches). Regardless, I still would have a hard time trusting a CF bar for DH or street use.
It IS one of the heavier parts on the bike. It's an old Azonic bar from 03.So after your comment about failures that means you only run heavy steel bars on every one of your bikes right?
" Easton CNT Monkey DH bars are basically the strongest bar made".
bifff is a smart guy . if your looking for a carbon bar this is the best carbon bar made.
I've seen a set of the Easton CNT Dh bars break after a WEEK of use, put me well off Carbon bars for downhillingOhhhhhhhhhhh dear. Carbon is wicked strong. Easton CNT Monkey DH bars are basically the strongest bar made. I researched extensively on this board and others and couldn't find anybody who had broken one or knew of anyone who had, or heard a rumour that one had broken one time. Most Carbon bars are designed for XC use, but if you can't trust a Monkey DH bar for extrem riding I'm not quite sure you should be riding a bike.
I've seen a set of the Easton CNT Dh bars break after a WEEK of use, put me well off Carbon bars for downhilling
i though all that has been covered ages ago?I can imagine scratching a carbon bar and constantly worrying about it's structural integrity after...
What does this prove/disprove?i though all that has been covered ages ago?
just from a design point of view, (assuming that the products you are talking about are actually designed properly) aluminum will be designed with the load it has to take in mind. cfrp would be designed around fatigue. and due to the nature of the material, it would be much stronger then its needed to be to meet the fatigue criteria.
this is of course assuming its done right. i remember the maker of lahar saying that the frame is actually about 5 times stronger then it needs to be. well, also maybe coz thin carbon fiber + rocks dont go well together.
It proves that some people are more amusing, however unintentionally, than others.What does this prove/disprove?
no, not really, easton carbon bars are already overbuilt and still are lighter. i am not sure if they still mention on their web site but they used to say that their carbon bars were about 2 times the strength of their aluminum bars.No worries.
Would an over-built carbon bar weighing the same as an alloy bar negate the purpose of having carbon in the first place?
Same for me. I'm not a hack but I've had 2 very hard crashes this year and in both cases the bars took direct hits. My monkey lites hold great even after being scratched as hell. As far as I know easton composites are also much much stronger than regular carbon. - Actualy a friend who practices archery told me that when you shoot normal carbon arrow into a wall or other hard object it will break while eastons simply bounce off unharmed. He probably lurks somewhere around here so I there is something I didn't say He'll correct meTheres a guy over here riding Greg Minnaars old Orange 222 practice bike, still with the original monkey lite carbon bars for 2001. They're scratched to **** and chipped but they still doing great! I'd class this guy as a first class hacker too, so it doesn't have an easy life. I'd trust carbon on my dh sled any day.
Know a guy in that range with answer bars and so far he lives.I'm in the 225+ club.
I want to live.
Heard rumors of a carbon flat bar with width up to 730 or 750mm. Chromag or sth?It's a moot point, no one makes a 29" wide carbon bar that I know of.