Carbon bars with aero bars
07-28-05, 09:19 AM
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Carbon bars with aero bars
My question is, is this possible? i was thinking about getting the fsa kwing or an itm carbon wing, and i want to use them with some vision tt clip-on mini bars. Is this heavily frowned on on a carbon bar? should i only do something like this on aluminium bars. oh, and wil they actually fit on a kwing. thanks.
07-28-05, 10:05 AM
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Since no one has replied I'll just chime in and give my two cents.....if it were me, I would not clamp anything onto a carbon designed component. Those bars were probably not designed or engineered to have something clamped on them at a given point where you would be putting that much stress from leaning on a pair of aerobars. You might want to email the bar manufacturer and check their opinion.
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You can not according to most carbon bar manufacturers.
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Kestrel makes carbon bars where you can clamp aerobars to them. Not the SL version though...
Kestrel makes carbon bars where you can clamp aerobars to them. Not the SL version though...
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This is impossible with the FSA K-Wing, as there is no room to clamp anything to the bar in the first place. Most carbon bar manufacturers advise against using clip on aero bars with their handlebars though.
