Should I bin this carbon bar?

[Haakon]

Not as clear cut as the helmet I think...

And no the clamp wasn’t tight - about 3-4 pounds.

 

[creaky]

I vote bin cause of the inboard gouges. The ones at the end of the bar wouldn’t bother me.

 

[LPG]

Bin the whole bike and gear. I am well set up to recycle or reuse it all in an environmentally friendly way.

 

[pink poodle]

This is the crash that keeps on giving!!! That bar is cooked. I'm assuming your brake or shifter rotated in the crash and put those gouges in? It's like the beginning of a pipe cutter...

 

[Calvin27]

Bin the whole bike and gear. I am well set up to recycle or reuse it all in an environmentally friendly way.

Bin the rider too.

How deep are the inboard markings?

I vote keep. turn them into 600mm old school bars lol.

 

[Boom King]

It's a handlebar, what could go wrong?

 

[Haakon]

This is the crash that keeps on giving!!! That bar is cooked. I'm assuming your brake or shifter rotated in the crash and put those gouges in? It's like the beginning of a pipe cutter...

Yeah, Guide clamp rotated. I was soooooo freaking careful about tightening it too. It’s “just” tight enough to stop it rotating when I mashed the downshift lever, but still gouged the bar

 

[Haakon]

Bin the whole bike and gear. I am well set up to recycle or reuse it all in an environmentally friendly way.

As soon as @moorey drops off those Banshees he promised it’s all yours.

 

[teK--]

Bin! Get alloy bars and never have this paranoia again.

 

[Zaf]

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[Haakon]

What if it’s just the lacquer...?

Sigh. If this was a rim I’d not even think about it... I’ve got a dozen rock gouges in the rims as deep as this scratch.

 

[Haakon]

Bin! Get alloy bars and never have this paranoia again.

Original alloy bars going back on while I think about the virtues of carbon....

 

[teK--]

Original alloy bars going back on while I think about the virtues of carbon....

I've done the alloy>carbon>paranoia>alloy>carbon thing 3 times now. Now am on second set of Vibrocore bars and will probably never go back to carbon.

 

[link1896]

Pierce the helmet with the carbon bars and make a desk lamp out of the assembly. Designer table lamps are still more expensive.

 

[moorey]

Rule of thumb. If you have to ask if something is too damaged to use, it is.

 

[The Reverend]

Just been sent a photo of a mate whose carbon bars let go. No gouges or cracks but they still failed between grip and shifter.

He has decidedly less skin on him than before but thankfully "no bones broken Mr Rudd".

I've binned carbon bars with lighter scratches than these ones. Bin, Vibrocore selected for future purchases.

 

[rangersac]

Do the gouges go into the carbon fibers, or are they just marks on the clear coat? If there are no loose fibers I'd keep riding. Every carbon bar I've owned has marks from the clamps even though I've been sooooooooper careful about tightening. I'm 100kg kitted up and the only components that have cracked/ let go on me have been alloy or steel.

 

[Calvin27]

Vibrocore selected for future purchases.

Can you not just pump expanding foam into any other handlebar? I'm somehow wanting to buy vibrocore bars now lol, thanks @Haakon :S

 

[The Reverend]

Can you not just pump expanding foam into any other handlebar? I'm somehow wanting to buy vibrocore bars now lol, thanks @Haakon :S

I bet you probably could, and would it make them any worse to ride? Probably not. It's a case of selecting the correct density though..

I see a trip to Bunnings in your future!

 

[Haakon]

Do the gouges go into the carbon fibers, or are they just marks on the clear coat? If there are no loose fibers I'd keep riding. Every carbon bar I've owned has marks from the clamps even though I've been sooooooooper careful about tightening. I'm 100kg kitted up and the only components that have cracked/ let go on me have been alloy or steel.

Just the clear coat “I think”... And I rode another 30kms of the Epic trail on them.

But.

Hadn’t heard of the Vibrocore - looks like that might be the answer! I did like the feel of the carbon bars...