edit: oops. i goofed the title! ha!

i bought these things a few years ago and rode them a while back for about three days with a 25 degree long stem on my 'cross bike. i liked it, but the flat end of the drop was way too short for my liking.

just recently i gave them to a friend.

so while he was starting from a stop, after just a few pedal strokes his front wheel went into a rut, tossed his wheel perpendicular, and gave him a sweet get off. the bars hit, then he went over. he was barely going when he wrecked. his bars did this:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1399/1450318776_cd393ff72f.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/1449460783_1fdbf71fb5.jpg

i'm not saying one thing or another really, but i've wrecked waay harder in the same fashion on my current drop bars at speed. plus just about every other time i go mtb'ing, i have a sweet get off or two if i'm going too fast. i've never bent a bar like that.

however, he just bought a new pair since he loves them so much. hahaha

yeah, I did a similar thing (a low speed rear-end bumper clip), went over the bars, and they sheared off right at the stem clamp.