Originally Posted by
nesdog
Love to hear that! I worked so darn hard trying to decide between carbon and alloy...reading all these threads. Went with the alloy because the price is so much less plus I was concerned about what happens when you even so much as fall over with a carbon bar (like at a stoplight!).
So when I got to the LBS today to order them, what do you know, the staff is looking over a set of carbon bars that got mashed into a garage door. So glad I went with the alloy.
Anyhow, thanks for the vote of confidence...makes me feel better about the purchase!
Sheldon
yah the carbon ones goes for about the price of some decent 1500gm wheelset that could effect comfort in the same way. Plus having heard SirLance breaking his CF bars on the DH of Baldy, the LAST thing I want to break going at 40+mph is the handlebars. Unless it's a full racebike or something along those lines, some things CF just doesn't make sence and the weight dif is only 50grams or so.
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