Might want to retape your bars, especially after 5 years. If you sweat, the salt gets absorbed by the bar tape and can corrode aluminum handlebars.
A friend of mine had his bars crack under pressure when he was going 20+ mph, lost his balance, and went down hard onto the pavement. This happened because the bars corroded after years of salt exposure.
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Might want to retape your bars, especially after 5 years. If you sweat, the salt gets absorbed by the bar tape and can corrode aluminum handlebars.
A friend of mine had his bars crack under pressure when he was going 20+ mph, lost his balance, and went down hard onto the pavement. This happened because the bars corroded after years of salt exposure.
If you unwrap your bars and they look like [this](https://cyclingmagazine.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/JIyTyNB-scaled-e1582147534518.jpg) then you should at the very least go to your LBS to ask if the bars might be compromised.