In case you haven't clicked through all the photos, here is one of my friend's carbon handlebars, which snapped off when he fell onto his left side while at a stop:
http://tinyurl.com/7uhbvoc The break looks nasty (fortunately, he wasn't hurt, as he was motionless when he keeled over due to double leg cramps), but keep in mind that these bars have been in heavy use for almost six years. Alloy bars might have failed after that much use, but probably not in this way. --Eric N Sent from my iPad2 On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > You have my respect. No way would I have the ability to sleep in a tent after > riding that distance. You are truly hard core. > > --Eric N > Sent from my iPad2 > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: >>> I rode Patrick's former Motobecane down the California coast from San >>> Francisco to Monterey and back this past weekend. Here's a brief blog post >>> and a link to photos from the ride. >>> >>> http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/photos-from-weekend.html >> >> Wow. Last Thursday I did half that route, Half Moon Bay to Aptos, and >> it was plenty. I was carrying camping gear, including plenty of warm >> clothes because it got below freezing the first night, but still. You >> went twice as far as me in one day, and still made it in daylight in a >> short winter day. >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> My hovercraft is full of eels >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
