Carbon handlebars...

[Mike S.]

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>
> But I'm sure others who have never ridden carbon bars will know more about it than I do.
>
> Bob C.
>
Ditto for carbon forks, seatstays, tubulars, and AL bikes after the first gen C-dale, etc.

Yes, there's some of it in your head, but ALL of it? I dunno.

Mike

 

[Ted Bennett]

"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote:

> "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email protected]> wrote

> > Mike-<< Since we've all agreed that most of what we're feeling is in our heads, were you (Peter)
> > being predisposed to feeling nothing?

> > Good questiuon as I put them on for the shape, not the 'vibration dampening'..The Cinellis were
> > 26.4mm, and I couldn't find a stem that was proper length for the hbars, so got a 26mm and then
> > the carbon bars..
> >
>
> Have you tried riding on the carbon bars for a bit, then hopping off and jumping on another bike
> without them? What was your experience?
>
> Mike

I suspect that experiment would prove little or nothing, unless the tires, wheels, frame, fork and
bar tape were identical. Which is what Peter did.

--
Ted Bennett Portland OR

 

[Mike S.]

"Ted Bennett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote:
>
> > "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > > Mike-<< Since we've all agreed that most of what we're feeling is in
our heads,
> > > were you (Peter) being predisposed to feeling nothing?
>
>
> > > Good questiuon as I put them on for the shape, not the 'vibration dampening'..The Cinellis
> > > were 26.4mm, and I couldn't find a stem that
was
> > > proper length for the hbars, so got a 26mm and then the carbon bars..
> > >
> >
> > Have you tried riding on the carbon bars for a bit, then hopping off and jumping on another bike
> > without them? What was your experience?
> >
> > Mike
>
>
> I suspect that experiment would prove little or nothing, unless the tires, wheels, frame, fork and
> bar tape were identical. Which is what Peter did.
>

All I know is that if I hop off one bike and onto another, I can feel some of the differences
between the two. Since my stuff is within mm of one another, it stands out more when
something's changed.

Mike

> --
> Ted Bennett Portland OR

 

[Joe Yannie]

I switched from a WCS bar ( hated that ergo bump ) to an Easton carbon, the
first thing I noticed was how much stiffer the Easton was. It really made
that WCS feel like a wet noodle, and the reach on the Easton was a little
longer. Other than that don't remember a "damping" effect at all.
Joe
"Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mike-<< Have you tried riding on the carbon bars for a bit, then hopping
off
> and jumping on another bike without them? What was your experience?
>><BR><BR>
>
> Altho I have two bikes, there are too many difference between the two to
make
> an informed observation. To really know, all things would have to be the
same
> between the two bikes. I do know I rode the kestrels for a while(2-3
weeks)
> then switched and rode the WCS-couldn't tell any difference. Steel
Nobilette,
> steel fork, tubies...
>
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