It was going down Phillips Canyon that we rode together a few years ago...
What have you broken on your bike recently?
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Don't have a clue buddybsaid Alto wheels have a lifetime warranty or something like that...I haven't even searched em...
Yeah, at least I am slow too.Fatty.
So what's the consensus on carbon bars these days? This happened to my buddy Saturday, but they were cheap knock-offs he got for cheap. We've been teasing him for years about that, glad he learned his lesson without getting hurt (how he didn't get hurt blows my mind - he cased a small gap in a fast bermy-flowy trail)
Anyways, my carbon bars are into their 4th season. I think it's time to replace them. So the question is : aluminum or carbon. I had been thinking of the OneUp with flex wings... but now I wonder if I shouldn't just stick with Chromag OSX bars... thoughts?
Anyways, my carbon bars are into their 4th season. I think it's time to replace them. So the question is : aluminum or carbon. I had been thinking of the OneUp with flex wings... but now I wonder if I shouldn't just stick with Chromag OSX bars... thoughts?
Cheap knock off carbon bars. There's a statement that ends well.
I run alloy Chromag OSX on all my bikes now. I've got 35mm on both my dual suspension bikes, but the 31.8 is a nice feeling option for longer rides if you don't run well-padded grips.
Broke a brand new Nukeproof neutron direct mount stem at the weekend.
Fitting it in Glencoe car park.
it was a sample product (freebie) and the face plate bolts were too long so torquing the bar clamps down stripped the threads in the stem body. Scarily easily too.
kinda glad it didn't end up on the bike now.
Omitting Shimano motors it's the only thing i've broken for probably a year or two.
I know motors don't count here
Fitting it in Glencoe car park.
it was a sample product (freebie) and the face plate bolts were too long so torquing the bar clamps down stripped the threads in the stem body. Scarily easily too.
kinda glad it didn't end up on the bike now.
Omitting Shimano motors it's the only thing i've broken for probably a year or two.
I know motors don't count here
How he didn't get hurt is a massive amount of energy went into snapping that carbon, rather than if his arm were to try and suck up as much energy (snappy snappy).
Hope the cheap bars were worth it.
I don't cheapen out on handlebars for this very reason. I also like to step one level above what is the "normal", so for XC I use a more AM bar. For AM I use a more DH bar.
I've used chromag metal bars for years, having seen too many crackin crabon events, including my own. Now I've gone back to RF next R and I know I'm just cheating death every ride.
I like <brand name> metal bars in the width, sweep, and rise that fits me, and the bore that fits my stem.
Exactly. Carry on.
Did he take a hit at all to compromise those bars or is it the "cheap Chinese knock off quality"?
I have deity carbon dh on 951 and carbon sworks dh on m9 both 800mm...no issues yet..back only a few months now but hammered the shit out of em and came in F"ing hard Sunday....cased a rock landing and guaranteed used my mass to keep my face and or chest out of the bars....so far so good....
I've done this before and bent pro tapers aluminum....(yes bend is better than break )..
Bent 2 sets on my crf450r out at Ocotillo and borrego...
Now I'm going to have to search this...curious to if I need to replace mine or failures with these...
I have deity carbon dh on 951 and carbon sworks dh on m9 both 800mm...no issues yet..back only a few months now but hammered the shit out of em and came in F"ing hard Sunday....cased a rock landing and guaranteed used my mass to keep my face and or chest out of the bars....so far so good....
I've done this before and bent pro tapers aluminum....(yes bend is better than break )..
Bent 2 sets on my crf450r out at Ocotillo and borrego...
Now I'm going to have to search this...curious to if I need to replace mine or failures with these...
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I know there are exceptions, but every crank and handlebar I've personally seen snapped (not bent) for the past 5 years has been carbon.
Material science aside, I reckon the high cost of these parts makes people overly hesitant of replacing dubious or damaged parts sometimes. $50 bar creaks - you replace it. $200 bar creaks - you ride with headphones.
Material science aside, I reckon the high cost of these parts makes people overly hesitant of replacing dubious or damaged parts sometimes. $50 bar creaks - you replace it. $200 bar creaks - you ride with headphones.
This is good to know and yeah id replace if it took a hit or compromised..but now it looks like answer or renthal ill be looking at
Answer survived y2k?
He answered your question already.
We talking about twix....I like.left
I know you're talking about candy but that's what I'm going to start calling @jstuhlman's handlebars
It was on a flow trail, in a steep part. He cased a little step-down gap that leads into a berm. So he was going fast, and hit hard. But I'd wager that bar had been compromised for quite a bit before that, he just hadn't noticed it.
The bar was also very old (like at least 10 years), and I think, a factory reject, which was why he got it cheap. Or it was just an Aliexpress knock-off. He was a dumbass for even putting that thing on his bike. I mentioned that to him quite regularly. I hope he learned his lesson, and I'm glad he didn't get hurt in the process.
Yeah I'm glad he's ok...that could have been really bad....really really bad...
I'm going to ride mine they are new and not compromised but I am also looking for my next aluminum replacement sets for the bikes now based on this....lol
Don't know his weight but I'm 240 without gear I slammed hard like immediate stop from airborne speed lofted a double out of berm into rocks and I used my bars to keep from burying myself into the front end of the bike....thought hadn't crossed my mind really till I saw this....
I'll look to replace mine....
There is a better video that @jstuhlman posted years ago, I think from Snowshoe or somewhere? If I remember correctly his buddy launched a step down and both sides of his bars snapped like toothpicks on the landing.
Not sure this is the appropriate reaction to a video of someone dying.
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I didn't know he died....I'll edit the post...still remains one of the nastiest cases I've seen even out at shelf reef here...Not sure this is the appropriate reaction to a video of someone dying.