'Dale Posted February 12, 2010 Share Great pics, Wolverine! I presume it is carbon fibre h-bars. Seen a few of those snap. Have a safe weekend - er, all of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted February 12, 2010 Share Yeah' date=' I would really hope this weekend is better! Last weekend seemed like a bit of a bummer one for you![/quote'] I think you got wolfie confused with Holy Roller!! Wondering if Holy and I are not related the family that crashes together stays together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted February 12, 2010 Share Great pics' date=' Wolverine! I presume it is carbon fibre h-bars. Seen a few of those snap. Have a safe weekend - er, all of us! [/quote'] Aluminium actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt*girl™ Posted February 12, 2010 Share Are you serious!!? This seems to be happening a lot. I'm getting serious paranoia here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyr249 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Yeah' date=' I would really hope this weekend is better! Last weekend seemed like a bit of a bummer one for you![/quote'] I think you got wolfie confused with Holy Roller!! I guess they BOTH had bummer weekends then. Holy's was a different type of bummer weekend - closer to the literal side I think!Andyr2492010-02-12 04:08:33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted February 12, 2010 Share Big thanks to Chilli Pepper, Sonic, LizzyB and some other non hub mates, who dragged my bike and sorry ass out of the road and kept oncoming traffic at bay. Chilli for giving up fer arm warmers and wind jammer bib thingy to make the sling. Much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capeofstorms Posted February 12, 2010 Share Bring back the STEEL bike i say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted February 12, 2010 Share Damn, aluminium is pretty pretty tough! Remarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted February 12, 2010 Share Damn' date=' aluminium is pretty pretty tough! Remarkable. [/quote'] Maybe I shouldn't discount sheer strength then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwynn Posted February 12, 2010 Share Ai tog, hoop jy herstel gou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted February 12, 2010 Share aaaawwwwww wolfie get well soon, man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted February 13, 2010 Share had a great ride with some of the best company in Pta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartCoppi Posted February 13, 2010 Share QUESTION Is it possible that ..? OR Has somebody been....? ...because this is my assumption: Finishing the bar tape or adhesive tape by running or rolling a sharp knife around and on the bar. Thereby scoring the aluminium bar. This will create a "stress raiser" in the bar. It will break on this weak point, just like scoring glass with a diamond edge before tapping it. The handlebar will score quite easily in the soft aluminium. You may have difficulty in seeing the score mark now because it will have 'sheared' on this line. But the photos suggest to me that this is the root cause. It wouldn't necessarily fail immediately but gradually fatigue or extend the crack in the wall thickness under stress due to the plastic nature of most aluminium alloys. tarboy2010-02-14 02:48:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartCoppi Posted February 13, 2010 Share I'd take it up with your LBS if they taped your bike last. You'd be a good citizen: perhaps the chap in the back is priming the whole community for a fall. If you taped it yourself: stop doing it that way. Use a pencil to mark the angle of the cut on the last wrap and then cut nicely with some scissors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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