here's my broken-carbon-bar-on-cross-bike addition to the photo collection. It broke during a race, fortunately just after I had crested a hill so I did not crash. I rode the rest of the lap with the broken bar, shifting on the dangling bar. It was crazy. Suffice it to say no more carbon bits on my cross bike- I replaced the bar and carbon seat tube with trusty aluminum, actually not all that much heavier.
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Thread: Carbon Bars + 'Cross = Ouch
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10-18-2008, 08:09 AM #1
NadiaMac
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10-22-2008, 06:50 PM #2
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Been seeing way too many cracked carbon bars this fall. One racer didn't even realize she'd lost the drop of the bar (!?!). Light is nice but solid and impact resistant much better. I do get a bit nervous about the carbon fork but that is the one carbon bit on my CX bikes.
Ride safe
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