Originally Posted by
mcjimbosandwich
All 3T bars come in 2 grades of carbon & 1 grade of aluminum. carbon bars, stems, and seatposts are huge gimmicks as they will not improve your ride comfort. furthermore, you save at most 40g by switching to carbon but run the risk of the thing snapping apart when you crash (which will inevitably happen the more race you do)
+1
Plus they cost a lot of money for that increased risk of it cracking on you, and I've seen bars break in person so I can testify how unpleasant an experience that can be. Granted he should have checked them after the crash he had, which we recommended but he didn't and down he went. Carbon will be fine for regular use but I agree that if you're racing where crashing is more a matter of when than if, I would go with something less prone to detonating.