Would I recommend that anyone else use that? No, I would not. Would I use that? I absolutely would, but that’s just me. My gravel bike has a really nice carbon bar with indentations to about the same degree (it was gifted), and I’ve been riding it since precovid, no problems. I’m under 150 lbs. I also check for additional signs of wear when I’m servicing that bike at the end of the season. New carbon paste and slightly under recommended torque specs.
Those are honestly very light marks from what I can see. I was working on a bike from my group ride, and the guy had some really deep clamp marks on a nice carbon bar (I believe it was a $300+ zipp). I told him to toss it, but I’m almost certain he kept riding it for the rest of the season. Rider was at least 200 lbs too.
If I saw torque marks on a cheap carbon bar, I wouldn’t chance it even for easy riding. No brand new AliExpress carbon bars either, thank you very much.
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Would I recommend that anyone else use that? No, I would not. Would I use that? I absolutely would, but that’s just me. My gravel bike has a really nice carbon bar with indentations to about the same degree (it was gifted), and I’ve been riding it since precovid, no problems. I’m under 150 lbs. I also check for additional signs of wear when I’m servicing that bike at the end of the season. New carbon paste and slightly under recommended torque specs.
Those are honestly very light marks from what I can see. I was working on a bike from my group ride, and the guy had some really deep clamp marks on a nice carbon bar (I believe it was a $300+ zipp). I told him to toss it, but I’m almost certain he kept riding it for the rest of the season. Rider was at least 200 lbs too.
If I saw torque marks on a cheap carbon bar, I wouldn’t chance it even for easy riding. No brand new AliExpress carbon bars either, thank you very much.