i bought my one up primarily for sex appeal. love the contours. first 35mm bar i've used; can't discern a difference between my previous skinny alu bars, so i guess that's good?
my only broken bar story predates history - a dh race on blackcomb back in the early 90's. course was primarily on the access road. because my xc bike was also my dh bike (raced the hillclimb to get to the top of the dh), i was sporting an easton hyperlite bar, which was a super light, thinwall alu thing. near the top of the course I went down in a corner; picked up the bike & the right side of the bar was bent up at a 30* angle. being young, dumb, & full of adrenaline, proceeded to continue pinning it down the hill. (spinning a 48t chainring on a 71* h/a hardtail w/ 2" fork). at some point the bar popped off at the brake lever - somehow didn't die (anticlimactic, i know) & I limped down the course on the front brake w/ half a bar in my pocket.
March 3, 2022, 9:29 a.m. - Perry Schebel
i bought my one up primarily for sex appeal. love the contours. first 35mm bar i've used; can't discern a difference between my previous skinny alu bars, so i guess that's good? my only broken bar story predates history - a dh race on blackcomb back in the early 90's. course was primarily on the access road. because my xc bike was also my dh bike (raced the hillclimb to get to the top of the dh), i was sporting an easton hyperlite bar, which was a super light, thinwall alu thing. near the top of the course I went down in a corner; picked up the bike & the right side of the bar was bent up at a 30* angle. being young, dumb, & full of adrenaline, proceeded to continue pinning it down the hill. (spinning a 48t chainring on a 71* h/a hardtail w/ 2" fork). at some point the bar popped off at the brake lever - somehow didn't die (anticlimactic, i know) & I limped down the course on the front brake w/ half a bar in my pocket.