It really depends. If you value your teeth, I would replace them. If you are willing to gamble with your face, take them fully off, inspect them and put them back on if they dont have any cracks or deformation. This is really the biggest downside to carbon bars. With aluminum or TI bars you don’t have to worry about the same things.
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Carbon is good but Alloy is better. Alloy will stress and bend, but Carbon is catastrophic failure after a load bearing impact
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Replace the entire bike it’s a write off.
It really depends. If you value your teeth, I would replace them. If you are willing to gamble with your face, take them fully off, inspect them and put them back on if they dont have any cracks or deformation. This is really the biggest downside to carbon bars. With aluminum or TI bars you don’t have to worry about the same things.
Carbon is good but Alloy is better. Alloy will stress and bend, but Carbon is catastrophic failure after a load bearing impact