100x carbon bars or what.... 80x alloy bars?
My point is more to focus on the big picture where you can make big gains; I'm wearing a sweater in the house cause the heat is low, reduce driving where possible, limit corporate air travel... carbon vs alloy handlebars - even for the next 40 years - are a rounding error in my carbon footprint. Its not \*nothing\*, but its effectively nothing.
Choosing to not drive to Whistler for a day of riding has nearly an order of magnitude more impact that one carbon bar - and probably closer to two orders over the difference between carbon over alloy.
There's this weird divisive narrative that pops up around this stuff - ebikes included - and I don't think its terribly helpful to pit biker against biker when the problem is our entire transportation and society built on cars.
And seriously though. Where do you recycle alloy bars/frames/components? What does that process look like?
March 3, 2022, 10:56 a.m. - Cooper Quinn
100x carbon bars or what.... 80x alloy bars? My point is more to focus on the big picture where you can make big gains; I'm wearing a sweater in the house cause the heat is low, reduce driving where possible, limit corporate air travel... carbon vs alloy handlebars - even for the next 40 years - are a rounding error in my carbon footprint. Its not \*nothing\*, but its effectively nothing. Choosing to not drive to Whistler for a day of riding has nearly an order of magnitude more impact that one carbon bar - and probably closer to two orders over the difference between carbon over alloy. There's this weird divisive narrative that pops up around this stuff - ebikes included - and I don't think its terribly helpful to pit biker against biker when the problem is our entire transportation and society built on cars. And seriously though. Where do you recycle alloy bars/frames/components? What does that process look like?