Ray, Sorry about the crash...those are never good.
If it were me, and it's not, but if it were I would see if the Nitto handlebars were bent. If they were not bent I would keep using them. If it really bothers you, replace them. There are also "crack check" (dye penetrant) kits out there...at about the cost of new bars...race car places often have these kits. Angus On Feb 12, 12:01 pm, Ray <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > My avid cycling neighbor was commiserating with me over my recent bike > crash (I broke a collar bone and cracked four ribs) and told me about > the time he hit a rough spot too hard on his recumbent and his > aluminum downtube snapped completely in half. That got me to start > fretting over the condition of my aluminum handlebars. > > I crashed while riding my canti-Romulus. The bike actually faired very > well, all things considered. Like me, it suffered some substantial > road rash, but unlike me, nothing else was bent or broken. Now, I'm > thinking I should scrap the Nitto noodles just to be on the safe side. > The handlebars are not bent, but they did get jammed into a tight spot > between the asphalt and the bottom of a steel guard rail and both bar- > end pods are torn up and the taping is scrappy and cut. I'm thinking > maybe some hairline crack that as-of-now I can't see will > catastrophically fail on me. Should I replace, or just re-wrap? Am I > under-estimating the Nitto heat-treating process? > > While I'm on the subject, should I have the same concern for the right- > side Sugino crank arm? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
