gu trials Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 hi, how many of you have had your handle bars snap and what doing ?also how do you realise they are going to or do they just do it ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) The set on my commuter bike creaked a little before breaking (Assumed it was just the stem needed greasing) and then one side folded downwards while I was rolling off a speed bump - nasty speed wobble, but I stayed up. Another one on my trials bike snapped while I was pulling up on the bars to bunnyhop onto a wall, realised what was happening just quickly enough to not rip the brake line out, so it didn't cost too much to sort. Snapped a stem while landing nose heavy to keep the back wheel from clipping the steps I was bunnyhopping - ended up landing running with the bike rattling between my legs, still holding the handlebars - it probably looked hilarious...The commuter bike bars were steel and the creaking was the warning they gave, the aluminium parts gave no warning, just snapped (And at a loading far lower than the maximum they'd have seen in previous use as is characteristic of fatigue failure)... Edited July 30, 2008 by psycholist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gu trials Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 do they snap easy ? i have echo tough bars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 All the stuff I've snapped has been from before I was able to afford really suitable parts. The steel bars were OEM Raleigh, the bars on the trials bike were Titec Hell Bent DH bars (Avoid Titec stuff in general, it's shite for non-road use) and the stem was Amoeba welded (Their CNC stems seem to be indestructible). I'm using Echo bars on my current bike and they seem to be lasting fine. They've had 6 months use at this stage, and I'm somewhere in the region of 90kg and not the smoothest rider in the world (Definitely don't go very big either though). When I was speccing the bike last December, I phoned Tarty about the build I wanted and I was told they've never got a set of those bars back broken yet ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andits Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 My Zoo riser bars are fine and had them atleast a year now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpatr3k Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Mine just snapped. I would buy the same bars if I find one since it creaked like a year before finally snapping. (didn't know it was the bars, always though of the stem not fitting well on the bars....long story).I was using a Funn FOF. Decent weight and very thick.When it finally cracked I was going to my rear wheel... it snapped on a pedal kicked, towards me. The crack started from the bottom of the bar. I had the presence of mind to jump off and lock the rear tire via the cut part of the bars so my bike won't fly off. The whole event was quite slow. I always though the bar would stab me in the chest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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