My handlebar broke
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You would need a new 31.8 stem to go with that bar.
Kinda sketchy that they don't mention that it's a Bontrager bar.
Buying offa eBay just plain gives me the willies already, add Item Location: China to the mix and nope, no thank you.
Kinda sketchy that they don't mention that it's a Bontrager bar.
Buying offa eBay just plain gives me the willies already, add Item Location: China to the mix and nope, no thank you.
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Once again: Do not buy carbon fibre handlebars for "stunting". The people joking about you videoing it, is because they are aware of the problems with carbon, and they have recognised you are not able to listen.
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No, but your impending misfortune might be good training video of what happens when one ignores all pleas for reason. Cheap carbon fiber is not going to hold up to the things you are posting that you are doing on your bike in the price range you are talking about. It is the most likely material to catastrophically fail with no warning, before to aluminum and well before steel. You are going to do what you want and likely the results will be of no surprise to most of the people posting in this thread.
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No, but your impending misfortune might be good training video of what happens when one ignores all pleas for reason. Cheap carbon fiber is not going to hold up to the things you are posting that you are doing on your bike in the price range you are talking about. It is the most likely material to catastrophically fail with no warning, before to aluminum and well before steel. You are going to do what you want and likely the results will be of no surprise to most of the people posting in this thread.
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I'll better buy me a street bike or w/e it's called but for now I must fix it!
No, but your impending misfortune might be good training video of what happens when one ignores all pleas for reason. Cheap carbon fiber is not going to hold up to the things you are posting that you are doing om your bike in the price range you are talking about. It is the most likely material to catastrophically fail with no warning, second to aluminum. You are going to do what you want and likely the results will be of no surprise to most of the people posting in this thread.
I won't jump it anymore[even through its so fun]
I just need a good handle bar,which is better than the one I have now,to ride NORMALLY.
btw,there is a video on youtube which shows carbon vs aluminium and aluminium broke at 1400 lbs and the carbon broke at 2100..there's a difference than.
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Are your current handlebars 31.8 ?? That is the diameter where the stem attaches.
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I don't know the diameter at all.
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Having carbon bars and a kickstand on the same bike has some appeal, as well.
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Do you agree that carbon is better than the material my bike handlebars are made of?
I won't jump it anymore[even through its so fun]
I just need a good handle bar,which is better than the one I have now,to ride NORMALLY.
btw,there is a video on youtube which shows carbon vs aluminium and aluminium broke at 1400 lbs and the carbon broke at 2100..there's a difference than.
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Fix it properly.
Maybe. But a wooden broomstick will be even better (until it rots).
If you have any sense, you will continue to have fun on your bike. Perhaps not this bike, but a bike that can take it somewhat better.
For the same price as that cheap chinese knock-off carbon bar, you can get a strong aluminium bar, so why not get that?
Yes, but it's not about flexing strength, but strength when it hits something. Carbon will shatter, alu wont. It can be put that simple. Do you seriously think that the people responding here doesn't know that in certain applications, carbon will be stronger and therefore better? Unfortunately for you, that application isn't as a handlebar for your use.
Maybe. But a wooden broomstick will be even better (until it rots).
If you have any sense, you will continue to have fun on your bike. Perhaps not this bike, but a bike that can take it somewhat better.
For the same price as that cheap chinese knock-off carbon bar, you can get a strong aluminium bar, so why not get that?
Yes, but it's not about flexing strength, but strength when it hits something. Carbon will shatter, alu wont. It can be put that simple. Do you seriously think that the people responding here doesn't know that in certain applications, carbon will be stronger and therefore better? Unfortunately for you, that application isn't as a handlebar for your use.
Can you find me a good aluminium bar from ebay?
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Don't buy handlebars or stems from ebay. Walk into a local bike shop, find a cheap aluminium bar (preferably a riser), and buy that. And if you insist on buying online, buy from an online retailer who also has a physical presence (i.e. a brick and mortar shop somewhere).
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I'm not going to stunt anymore on such a bike..
I'll better buy me a street bike or w/e it's called but for now I must fix it!
Do you agree that carbon is better than the material my bike handlebars are made of?
I won't jump it anymore[even through its so fun]
I just need a good handle bar,which is better than the one I have now,to ride NORMALLY.
btw,there is a video on youtube which shows carbon vs aluminium and aluminium broke at 1400 lbs and the carbon broke at 2100..there's a difference than.
I'll better buy me a street bike or w/e it's called but for now I must fix it!
Do you agree that carbon is better than the material my bike handlebars are made of?
I won't jump it anymore[even through its so fun]
I just need a good handle bar,which is better than the one I have now,to ride NORMALLY.
btw,there is a video on youtube which shows carbon vs aluminium and aluminium broke at 1400 lbs and the carbon broke at 2100..there's a difference than.
You have already proven that "Normally" is yet to be established for you. Do you mean casual riding down the road avoiding potholes, curbs and small furry things that might make a good launching point? Any bars will do. If your past performance is an indicator though, you will likely start back into a more extreme riding style. Then you will likely end up injured if you choose cheap carbon fiber bars.
Sure, there are videos of just about anything available, but yoou have to take what you are seeing with a grain of salt. Multi direction layering of carbon fiber sheets can produce insanely strong material...but that comes at a cost in dollars at the manuacturing point. Your $30 bars are not going to be built to the same structural level at the $400 bars.
Academic really. You want CF, you are going to get CF. If you get hurt due to your choice, you will have to live with that.
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I'm not going to stunt anymore on such a bike..
I'll better buy me a street bike or w/e it's called but for now I must fix it!
Do you agree that carbon is better than the material my bike handlebars are made of?
I won't jump it anymore[even through its so fun]
I just need a good handle bar,which is better than the one I have now,to ride NORMALLY.
btw,there is a video on youtube which shows carbon vs aluminium and aluminium broke at 1400 lbs and the carbon broke at 2100..there's a difference than.
I'll better buy me a street bike or w/e it's called but for now I must fix it!
Do you agree that carbon is better than the material my bike handlebars are made of?
I won't jump it anymore[even through its so fun]
I just need a good handle bar,which is better than the one I have now,to ride NORMALLY.
btw,there is a video on youtube which shows carbon vs aluminium and aluminium broke at 1400 lbs and the carbon broke at 2100..there's a difference than.
Do you have friends? Do your friends stunt ride?
You will jump again and again and again.
You know the English abbreviation for whatever but not other words? By street bike do you mean road bike, like they ride in the Tour de France?
You do not have handle bars? You have kept telling us that. Not a single person has sincerely told you to get carbon. Get metal handle bars.
What is the most expensive stunting, trick, trail and dirt riding carbon bar you can find? That is probably the one that broke under a high force. A cheap, thin, knock-off bar will fail the way you ride, you will not change and I will not believe you if you say you will.
Get metal bars. Heck go to the town junkyard and get a steel pipe that fits you stem and job done.
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Don't buy handlebars or stems from ebay. Walk into a local bike shop, find a cheap aluminium bar (preferably a riser), and buy that. And if you insist on buying online, buy from an online retailer who also has a physical presence (i.e. a brick and mortar shop somewhere).
Im looking at the prices now, and its unbelieveable!
The cheapest aluminium handlebars cost 100$ wow..
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Don't buy handlebars or stems from ebay. Walk into a local bike shop, find a cheap aluminium bar (preferably a riser), and buy that. And if you insist on buying online, buy from an online retailer who also has a physical presence (i.e. a brick and mortar shop somewhere).
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Here's an online bikeshop. Although it is a British one, I have set the country to "US" and the prices to "US dollars", and, to make it even easier, I have sorted them by price - lowest to highest.
MTB Riser Bars | Chain Reaction Cycles
Those are the sort of prices you should be able to find very quickly in a US online shop too.
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This is so much fun. I am glad my quads hurt so much I did not go riding today.
If I did not have dinner reservations I would make a huge bowl of popcorn and stream this on my tv.
If I did not have dinner reservations I would make a huge bowl of popcorn and stream this on my tv.
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No on it being better. What were the original bars made of? What was the wall thickness? What was the head clamp torqued to? Were the bars manufactured to a specific design, or where they simple extruded material?
You have already proven that "Normally" is yet to be established for you. Do you mean casual riding down the road avoiding potholes, curbs and small furry things that might make a good launching point? Any bars will do. If your past performance is an indicator though, you will likely start back into a more extreme riding style. Then you will likely end up injured if you choose cheap carbon fiber bars.
Sure, there are videos of just about anything available, but yoou have to take what you are seeing with a grain of salt. Multi direction layering of carbon fiber sheets can produce insanely strong material...but that comes at a cost in dollars at the manuacturing point. Your $30 bars are not going to be built to the same structural level at the $400 bars.
I don't know why but I always had to jump over things,wheelies and more..Can it handle wheelies?Because even a kid on a 100$ bike does that.
Academic really. You want CF, you are going to get CF. If you get hurt due to your choice, you will have to live with that.
You have already proven that "Normally" is yet to be established for you. Do you mean casual riding down the road avoiding potholes, curbs and small furry things that might make a good launching point? Any bars will do. If your past performance is an indicator though, you will likely start back into a more extreme riding style. Then you will likely end up injured if you choose cheap carbon fiber bars.
Sure, there are videos of just about anything available, but yoou have to take what you are seeing with a grain of salt. Multi direction layering of carbon fiber sheets can produce insanely strong material...but that comes at a cost in dollars at the manuacturing point. Your $30 bars are not going to be built to the same structural level at the $400 bars.
I don't know why but I always had to jump over things,wheelies and more..Can it handle wheelies?Because even a kid on a 100$ bike does that.
Academic really. You want CF, you are going to get CF. If you get hurt due to your choice, you will have to live with that.
Do you have friends? Do your friends stunt ride?
You will jump again and again and again.
You know the English abbreviation for whatever but not other words? By street bike do you mean road bike, like they ride in the Tour de France?
You do not have handle bars? You have kept telling us that. Not a single person has sincerely told you to get carbon. Get metal handle bars.
What is the most expensive stunting, trick, trail and dirt riding carbon bar you can find? That is probably the one that broke under a high force. A cheap, thin, knock-off bar will fail the way you ride, you will not change and I will not believe you if you say you will.
Get metal bars. Heck go to the town junkyard and get a steel pipe that fits you stem and job done.
You will jump again and again and again.
You know the English abbreviation for whatever but not other words? By street bike do you mean road bike, like they ride in the Tour de France?
You do not have handle bars? You have kept telling us that. Not a single person has sincerely told you to get carbon. Get metal handle bars.
What is the most expensive stunting, trick, trail and dirt riding carbon bar you can find? That is probably the one that broke under a high force. A cheap, thin, knock-off bar will fail the way you ride, you will not change and I will not believe you if you say you will.
Get metal bars. Heck go to the town junkyard and get a steel pipe that fits you stem and job done.
My bike cost exactly 346$
As I know,any bike can jump 20cm obstacles..
I need the strongest bar I can get for my budget.
Im going to sleep now,I will reply in some hours,thanks for help everyone..I'm really thankful.
And to those who call me "troller",don't reply here.
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You are not the bike. How can you get hurt worse than broken handlebars? Really?
Nope. Try doing that on a penny-farthing, a chinese cargo bike, or on a recumbent. Won't happen
Those would be aluminium bars, preferably risers.
As I know,any bike can jump 20cm obstacles.
I need the strongest bar I can get for my budget.
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Dude, DO NOT BUY THE CARBON!!!
You complain about people calling you a troll, telling them that if that is all they want to say then not to post, but you don't listen to the advice you are given by those who are actually trying to help you. Maybe, just maybe, if you don't want to listen to the advice of others, don't ask the questions...
Carbon fiber can be made stronger if the fibers are laid and "glued" properly [I know to all the others, trying to keep it simple], and is pound for pound (if both the carbon and alloy part weighed the same) is stronger when manufactured correctly, but carbon bars are never made to weigh the same as alloy bars [again all, I know], so the strength difference is not as big as in your video, and that $30 crap on eBay is not made to the same quality or strength as the brand name (more expensive) ones. You get what you pay for, and with eBay carbon often times not even that.
Plus, even when carbon is correctly manufactured, one little scratch, one chip, tighten one shifter or brake lever too tight, crash once, and your bar is no longer safe.
To find out what size bar you have, take it out of the stem (the part the bar is connected to), grab a ruler or measuring tape, and measure the hole. if it's close to 25mm or 1 inch, it is a 25.4mm bar...If its over 3cm its a 31.8mm bar that you need.
And once again, DO NOT BUY THE CARBON!
You complain about people calling you a troll, telling them that if that is all they want to say then not to post, but you don't listen to the advice you are given by those who are actually trying to help you. Maybe, just maybe, if you don't want to listen to the advice of others, don't ask the questions...
Carbon fiber can be made stronger if the fibers are laid and "glued" properly [I know to all the others, trying to keep it simple], and is pound for pound (if both the carbon and alloy part weighed the same) is stronger when manufactured correctly, but carbon bars are never made to weigh the same as alloy bars [again all, I know], so the strength difference is not as big as in your video, and that $30 crap on eBay is not made to the same quality or strength as the brand name (more expensive) ones. You get what you pay for, and with eBay carbon often times not even that.
Plus, even when carbon is correctly manufactured, one little scratch, one chip, tighten one shifter or brake lever too tight, crash once, and your bar is no longer safe.
To find out what size bar you have, take it out of the stem (the part the bar is connected to), grab a ruler or measuring tape, and measure the hole. if it's close to 25mm or 1 inch, it is a 25.4mm bar...If its over 3cm its a 31.8mm bar that you need.
And once again, DO NOT BUY THE CARBON!
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Has this been posted? I couldn't make it through the entire thread,,,,
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[QUOTE=Stuntex;17042312]What can be done?
Glue it back together.
Glue it back together.
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I don't know why anyone is still trying to help this guy. It's like he walked into an Italian restaurant and, after looking at the menu, ordered a big plate of anthrax and tire rims and doesn't understand why the waiter won't just bring him his order.
He either truly does not or cannot understand, or he is (very successfully) trolling the entire forum.
He either truly does not or cannot understand, or he is (very successfully) trolling the entire forum.