Mt Zoon Carbon Bars Snapped - Replacements?

moorey

moorey

call me Mia
Ultra Lord said:
Cool you don’t like renthal. Vote with your wallet. What I posted might help somebody with a creaky stem and stop them spending money they don’t need to over a small problem.
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But I do like them. They just caused me more tinnitus than Rollins Band at Festival Hall in 1991.
 
moorey

moorey

call me Mia
beeb said:
Funny you should mention that - I replaced my Renthal Apex with a Funn Styrge (both 60mm) and it's been great.
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I used to despise Funn and all they stood for, but they have really upped their game in recent years. Great bang for buck.
 
moorey

moorey

call me Mia
If I was a Boomer, I would have referenced State of Alert, or at least Black Flag. Or is that hipster now? I'm confused.
 
frenchman

frenchman

Eats cheese. Sells crack.
Ultra Lord said:
Cleaning and greasing mating surfaces isn’t exactly coming up with a fix, it’s common sense. Like using plumbers tape on bars were the levers go. It’ll work with or without.

The apex stem I have is more impressively made than the burgtec one I’m running. I couldn’t order an apex in 50mm when I needed one, hence the burgtec. Which is a nice stem too, but not AS nice.

Cool you don’t like renthal. Vote with your wallet. What I posted might help somebody with a creaky stem and stop them spending money they don’t need to over a small problem.
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It’s common sense to go against the advice of the manufacture of the product?
Renthal clearly state to put it in dry. Which is what they do to their costumers. I dont have a problem with Renthal, but their stems are poorly made. If it’s creaking, it’s flexing.
Does your burgtec stem creak? That’s what I’ve been looking at to replace the Renthal.

What I posted might stop somebody from wasting their money and ending up with a creaky stem.
 
Ultra Lord

Ultra Lord

Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
frenchman said:
It’s common sense to go against the advice of the manufacture of the product?
Renthal clearly state to put it in dry. Which is what they do to their costumers. I dont have a problem with Renthal, but their stems are poorly made. If it’s creaking, it’s flexing.
Does your burgtec stem creak? That’s what I’ve been looking at to replace the Renthal.

What I posted might stop somebody from wasting their money and ending up with a creaky stem.
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Yes. Creaked like a bitch when I flex the bars side to side.
Then I greased the steerer and bolts and it doesn’t do that anymore. The faceplate doesn’t touch the stem body so that didn’t need any lube.
 
Flow-Rider

Flow-Rider

Burner
I've never had these problems with my spank stems, might just keep on buying them I think, but creaking CSU on forks make me want to go Loco at fork manufactures, it drives me nuts on climbs.
 
link1896

link1896

Mr Greenfield
Jesus Christ only “us” could turn a handle bar discussion into this


Rowdy, no kickback arrangement with the local dentist? There’s a Yeti or Santa Cruz to be had here man! Let poodle be the middle man to broker the deal.
 
rowdyflat

rowdyflat

chez le médecin
No kick backs .
I have broken a handlebar myself doing a dropoff but it was a used alloy bar Truvativ ex rotorburn .
i have broken wheel rims , frames, seats , cranks , pedals and seatposts and a handlebar is the worst.
Carbon fibre can be very sharp when broken and a handlebar is a serious thing to break compared to any other bit of a bike .
Otherwise there are horror stories and videos of Chinese produced handlebars that look OK from the outside but have no structural integrity or design that can impale the rider.
I am sure there are no effective Chinese consumer laws.
 
A

AaronJ

Likes Dirt
Brakes, pedals.... I don’t ride it close to its capability and they work... so no issues here (other than that carbon bar). Goes and stops fast enough for me ;-)

Though in all seriousness... yes... have considered a brake upgrade and these are my first flats ever (first mtb in 1989 with toe straps). So in time...
 
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