Originally Posted by
bike_boy
SF, what brand are those bars (can't quite read it in image)?
And, saying in a nice way, what prompted you to stand on them?
Curious in the manner in which you stood on them. Did you stand on the drops as they were elevated or with upper bar area simply flat to floor?
They're Kestral ... I'm not sure which specific ones, but they're in SLs. And they're supposed to
not be aero-bar compatible.
Mostly it was curiosity. The bars themselves were already toast. Mine are 26 mm, and I had put them in a 31.8 mm stem, using a shim. Then I hand-tightened them, but not enough. While I was out riding, I hit a bump, and they slid in the shim; the edges cut into the clamping area of the bars. I've been wondering what to do with them, and I wanted to know how strong they are.
I stood on the drops themselves. Which means it was the arch structure as much as any magic in the carbon, that held my weight up. I posted about it because (1) I thought it was mildly interesting, and (2) I keep hearing about how entire frames made from the material are no good. My thinking is that if a kaput handlebar tipping the scales at 180 g can hold up my 95 kg mass, then a frame that was designed to hold a person's entire weight can probably do its job, too.