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03-07-11 | 06:15 PM

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What's actually preventing someone from taping the tops?

Uh... The tape line.

03-07-11 | 06:15 PM

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Damnit!

03-07-11 | 11:28 PM

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Deda's bars and stems even more oversized for 2011

greedy mother****ers!! and they will tell us its better for this and that reason... gahhh...

03-07-11 | 11:38 PM

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greedy mother****ers!! and they will tell us its better for this and that reason... gahhh...

I have to say I am already sold on the logo... I am surprised more companies don't have more attractive logo's like the 35's

03-07-11 | 11:46 PM

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31.8 bars + tape is probably just as thick as 35 without tape on the tops.

03-07-11 | 11:49 PM

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What's actually preventing someone from taping the tops?

I think that's where you start a new roll.

03-08-11 | 01:16 AM

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I have to say I am already sold on the logo... I am surprised more companies don't have more attractive logo's like the 35's

It looks like nothing special to me. Helvetica in a circle. Seems half-assed.

03-08-11 | 08:14 AM

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03-08-11 | 09:23 AM

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It looks like nothing special to me. Helvetica in a circle. Seems half-assed.

It's just the color scheme, the way its designed... Comparing it to other bars, I have yet to find one that makes me feel as good as that one does... Kind of dissapoints me that the Zero100 bars look soo 90's

03-08-11 | 10:30 AM

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Yo they'd look hella nice with sum red track grips on my Leader.

03-08-11 | 04:31 PM

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ill be bummed if this supplants 31.8. its like when dvds went obsolete.

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03-08-11 | 04:38 PM

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dvds are obsolete?

03-08-11 | 04:41 PM

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i doubted blurays when they came out, but now i can easily tell the difference. it makes me sad.

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03-08-11 | 04:44 PM

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I'm still using VCR tapes.

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03-08-11 | 04:48 PM

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I'm still using VCR tapes.

Yeah, and 26.0 bars.

Burn!

03-08-11 | 04:49 PM

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I don't think I've ever seen a bluray movie and don't watch enough TV to give a crap about HD.

03-08-11 | 05:04 PM

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im a huge betamax aficionado.

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03-08-11 | 05:06 PM

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Actually, I have a crazy uncle (legit crazy) that bought absurd amounts of betamax tapes and players when they were on their way out. He would go around buying out stores' entire stock and still has boxes upon boxes of them in his garage.

03-08-11 | 05:09 PM

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somewhere else, theres a guy sitting on a ton of 26.4mm clamp gear.

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03-09-11 | 01:56 AM

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This thread reminds me of that one scene in Happiness where the dad explains to his son that it's the girth and not the length that matters.

03-09-11 | 02:00 AM

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This thread reminds me of that one scene in Happiness where the dad explains to his son that it's the girth and not the length that matters.

Aha a chode!

03-09-11 | 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by silver_ghost

Yeah, and 26.0 bars.

Burn!

You know you can get carbon in 26.0, it isn't quite obsolete yet.
25.4 would be more analogous to VCR

03-09-11 | 11:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NikZak

this is getting ridiculous, how can a larger diameter bar be lighter than a comparable length bar of the same shape and material construction with a narrower bar diameter

no matter how thin you get the material, the larger diameter will always weigh more because there is only so thin you can go before simply leaning the bike against a wall bends the handlebars

Eh, not quite. The stiffness of a round bar increases exponentially as it gets larger, so you end up with large tubes with thin walls, which are lighter and stiffer. It's the same principle that gives you Al frames that are lighter and stiffer than steel frames, despite being 2x softer. The smaller diameter bars have to have thicker walls, because they are weaker and Al is such a soft metal.

Last edited by clink83; 03-09-11 at 11:13 PM.