I’ll give context. Bar is 6 months old. Installed with a torque wrench, and confirmed with one when I got home. I felt the bar go soft on my previous lap. I thought it was some changes to my damper and ignored it. I was riding at pace practicing for an event this weekend. Luckily it failed in a slow speed section when I changed direction on a catch berm.
Edit: I am fine. I of course fell through the bike when the bar snapped. My traps were sore for a day, that’s it. Thank goodness for lifting heavy,l frequently and my leatt c collar. It absolutely limited the torque on my C spine
NewmarketMTB on
They named that bike after a Black Sabbath song [but spelled it differently] 😎
aggropunx on
Damn I bet that was scary. Glad you’re alright
norecoil2012 on
I have several carbon bikes with carbon wheels. But I run alloy bars on all my bikes. You could give me high end carbon bars for free. They would instantly go on pinkbike buy/sell. Glad you’re OK.
ADrenalinnjunky on
Just say no, to carbon bars.
dhrace2000 on
Dang, glad you are okay!
GunTotinVeganCyclist on
That’s why I refuse carbon bars for MTB. I know they’re plenty strong, but when they fail, they fail catastrophically.
EmbarrassedCellist on
New to carbon. So this is a manufacturing defect which lead to premature failure, yes? Most carbon bars hold up as well as alloy?
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I’ll give context. Bar is 6 months old. Installed with a torque wrench, and confirmed with one when I got home. I felt the bar go soft on my previous lap. I thought it was some changes to my damper and ignored it. I was riding at pace practicing for an event this weekend. Luckily it failed in a slow speed section when I changed direction on a catch berm.
Edit: I am fine. I of course fell through the bike when the bar snapped. My traps were sore for a day, that’s it. Thank goodness for lifting heavy,l frequently and my leatt c collar. It absolutely limited the torque on my C spine
They named that bike after a Black Sabbath song [but spelled it differently] 😎
Damn I bet that was scary. Glad you’re alright
I have several carbon bikes with carbon wheels. But I run alloy bars on all my bikes. You could give me high end carbon bars for free. They would instantly go on pinkbike buy/sell. Glad you’re OK.
Just say no, to carbon bars.
Dang, glad you are okay!
That’s why I refuse carbon bars for MTB. I know they’re plenty strong, but when they fail, they fail catastrophically.
New to carbon. So this is a manufacturing defect which lead to premature failure, yes? Most carbon bars hold up as well as alloy?