On Monday, March 18, 2013 8:50:43 PM UTC+1, Michael wrote: > > In a cool interview with Nitto exec Mr. Yoshikawa, Grant asks this > question. Nitto exec leaves it up to consumer. So I was wondering if > anything to be concerned about. Anyone know anything about aluminum bar > life? > Do I need to throw away the old used set of bars I have? Don't want any > accidents.
I can't give a definitive answer when to scrap your bars, but accidents do happen with old aluminium bars. An older guy I just spoke to became very concerned with this after a close friend of his had advanced facial surgery after his handlebar snapped. He fell straight on his face and got multiple scull/face fractures. Anecdotal evidence often are misleading, you really need proper statistics in the end, but his handlebars were quite old, 30-40 years (seventies bike, original bars). I'm quite sure failing old bars is a rare occurance, but I'm beginning to think about applying the same kind of attitude towards handlebars that I have on forks and helmets - that is that even if it's extremely rare with such accidents, the consequences can be severe if your fork brakes or you hit your head. This in turn means my bikes have steel forks, and I wear a helmet almost always when biking. I will definitely stay away from older exclusive/vintage lightweight bars. Johan, Sweden -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
