Carbon Handlebar Damage - What To Look For

[@unlleashed]

Its a good day when Raoul uploads a vid :)

[@LuescherTeknik]

Thanks

[@pmckeown38]

Please make more vids, we need advice like this. I was just watching the GCN vid of the new Canyon aero race bike and had to turn it off due to the OTT marketing language, Your vids are much more useful.

[@LuescherTeknik]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@gplama]

Another good video mate. Your commitment to wearing a t-shirt on a cold Melbourne day has to be respected. 👌🏼

[@LuescherTeknik]

It's cold here but not quite Ballarat cold!

[@m5louks1]

Its good to have you back mate. I hope the move went well.

[@CatManDoSocial]

Great to have you back, Raoul! Hope the office is good to go.

[@gb4408]

Aluminium bars are looking like an upgrade, different materials for different applications

[@LuescherTeknik]

Definately pros and cons, depends on how often you crash!

[@timmatkowski3840]

That´s exactly the reason why I went back to an aluminium bar. I never crashed, but it´s reassuring during downhill sections and sprints. Who cares about 20g weight advantage...

[@gb4408]

@@timmatkowski3840 yep i agree. There is a more solid feel through aluminium. Overall you need to look at risk verses benefit. No one on this pkanet is going to significantly benefit from losing 50 grams of weight from a handle bar. An arguement of frequency loss from the two materials may have some merit, but I haven't seen or heard of any studies. If the carbon didn't have a clamping action from the stem or the stupid ring to support the lever assemblies. The bicycle industry is severely under cooked so far as development can you imagine the aero space industry of formula one coonecting components in a vibrational or fatigue enviorment. Its a sham and a joke, it virtually proves the industry driven by profit and non standards

[@AndrewBlucher]

Thanks Raoul!

[@AdamQueen]

Yeah, get rid of the fully integrated bar, and go the regular aluminum separate bar/stem is not only the cheaper but safer solution.

[@maiconleonard69]

Often use some thin package plastic cutouts as an intermediary between the shifter and the carbon to spread the pressure and avoid markings

[@BikeGremlinUS]

Aluminium handlebars it is! :)

[@fieldlab4]

Seems like CF could be covered in kevlar or singing make them more resistant to surface damage. Or just use kevlar tape under mount points

[@BleakVision]

Or just use an orthotropic material like the mysterious 'Metallium'. It's super cool and high tech and light, just like the cycling bros like it!

[@fieldlab4]

@@BleakVision I have a lot of hope about graphene metal alloys which can match the strength and lightness of carbon fiber yet retain all the assembly, welding, brazing and machining advantages of metal. Don't trade your metal shop for a curing oven just yet.

[@kevinfrost1579]

🚴‍♂ 🚴‍♂🚴‍♂ 👼 Thanks Raoul ………hope the workshop has bedded in well 😃👍

[@denis_roy_7]

Good tip!

[@denis_roy_7]

Merci!

[@LuescherTeknik]

Thanks for your generous support

[@denis_roy_7]

@@LuescherTeknik Your proficiency benefits us all!

[@hughgolden9075]

Aluminum bars can crack in accidents too, as mine did. They’re just less expensive.

[@rjacko7478]

Great info 👍

[@chrisko6439]

You look fit. Apart from that, I always like to watch your videos.

[@nationsnumber1chump]

Is there a minimum thickness for safe Alu minimum?

[@WowRixter]

Yeah another video! I've broken 2 carbon bars, one from getting hit by a car, another falling at a traffic light from wonky track stand. Carbon bars aren't worth it, yet all my bikes have them. 😏

[@DanTuber]

So how does one tell the difference from major damage (crack/delamination) vs a scratch on the surface?

[@SkyhawkSteve]

Raoul has done videos on how he uses ultrasound to detect the internal damage or flaws in carbon fiber. My recollection is that some damage can be detected by less sophisticated techniques, but you need ultrasound to catch everything. Finding someone in your area to do the ultrasound might be difficult.

[@ShawnStradamus520]

Are carbon bars repairable?

[@LuescherTeknik]

They can be depending on the damage.

[@philipsimmonds1103]

What to listen for.. >>.. what to look for.

[@conorahern9010]

How many bike riders reallllly need carbon bars??

[@BleakVision]

Hmm, I will stay away from Plastickium. But will the industry?

[@AGENDA_1938]

Daß die gezielte Störung des ganzen nur eine Randbemerkung am Schluß wert war, wo doch klar und bekannt ist, daß "der Gegner" (hmm - wer könnte das sein...???) gerade hier besonders fähig und innovativ ist - das ist sehr beunruhigend. Hätte auch erwartet, daß man auf die Aufrechterhaltung der ganzen erwähnten Kommunikation etwa im Fall der Sabotage der Satelliteninfrastruktur eingeht - oder gibt es da nichts? Zudem sollten wir informiert werden, was im Zusammenhang mit der politisch versprochenen langfristigen Verteidigungsfähigkeit der Ukraine vorbereitet wird, um einen Beitrag zu leisten, die Ukraine wirklich resilient gegen politische Änderungen ihrer Unterstützer ("Trump-proof") zu machen. Was, wenn am 20.01.2025, 12:01 alle Starlink-Satelliten über der Ukraine abgeschaltet werden?

[@TheBRokEnCHaRacTer]

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