a week a go, I was riding my bike (alone...)
got to one of my favorite trails and started going down.
on a big jump, I landed, and found my self on the ground. smashing my left shoulder hard.
all my body hurt, and I didn't understand what happen...
I was on the ground, looking on my bike, and wow.....
my carbon bar brook !!
I took off my j\helmet and searched for impact. but surprisingly, it was all good.
my shoulder got all the impact from the ground, and my right hand got all the weight of the body so it hurt like HELL.
after sitting on the ground for 10 minutes, I started walking back to my car.
got to the hospital, some x-rays , and found out I dislocated my left shoulder, and brook a finger on my right hand.
I think I went really cheap out of this crash.
the bar brook exactly at the brake lever contact point.
and I'm not a rider who attach his levers strong to the bar.
a week now, It got me thinking about the tests that company's are doing to carbon bars....
all the tests are without any grips or\and brake levers.
I made a picture of what I think happen during the use of carbon bar with brake levers\grips on it
as you can see, during the load from the rider on the bar, it gest up and down. and the brake lever\grip, make little cuts on it.
what leads to a failure of the bar.
I think company's should start making their tests better.
as for me, I cant trust a carbon bar any more....
got to one of my favorite trails and started going down.
on a big jump, I landed, and found my self on the ground. smashing my left shoulder hard.
all my body hurt, and I didn't understand what happen...
I was on the ground, looking on my bike, and wow.....
my carbon bar brook !!
I took off my j\helmet and searched for impact. but surprisingly, it was all good.
my shoulder got all the impact from the ground, and my right hand got all the weight of the body so it hurt like HELL.
after sitting on the ground for 10 minutes, I started walking back to my car.
got to the hospital, some x-rays , and found out I dislocated my left shoulder, and brook a finger on my right hand.
I think I went really cheap out of this crash.
the bar brook exactly at the brake lever contact point.
and I'm not a rider who attach his levers strong to the bar.
a week now, It got me thinking about the tests that company's are doing to carbon bars....
all the tests are without any grips or\and brake levers.
I made a picture of what I think happen during the use of carbon bar with brake levers\grips on it
as you can see, during the load from the rider on the bar, it gest up and down. and the brake lever\grip, make little cuts on it.
what leads to a failure of the bar.
I think company's should start making their tests better.
as for me, I cant trust a carbon bar any more....