|   God why does every carbon bar maker apply a clearcoat WHICH. | DeeEight
Apr 11, 2003 11:22 PM | | increases the actual outside diameter of the bar past 7/8" ?!? Don't they realize that all the grips, levers, shifter clamps are designed for 7/8" O.D. bars and most high end ones have that much excess clamp opening capability as they're usually precision machined to a specific size (like my Technogens). Just once it'd be nice if a carbon bar maker took the clearcoat thickness into account when designing the damn bar. |
| no problems w/ my eastons.....nm | mtnbykr©
Apr 12, 2003 3:45 AM | | |
| no problems with FRM / WR Compositi / Schmolke / Easton...! | nino
Apr 12, 2003 4:38 AM | | might be your Technogens are on the lower limit . |
| No probs with My Easton EC90......????.....nm | Ty
Apr 12, 2003 5:50 AM | | |
| Never had or heard of problem in years on ct2 & monkeylite. | Homegrown ric
Apr 12, 2003 1:37 PM | | |
| CT2...never had problems. (nm) | scream5204
Apr 12, 2003 1:54 PM | | |
| No Problems with my Answer Hyperlight! (nm) | Trevor!
Apr 12, 2003 3:10 PM | | |
| Maybe it's not the bar | Moron
Apr 12, 2003 3:58 PM | | |
| I've had this problem for years................. | TheOldMan
Apr 12, 2003 6:36 PM | | I had to use grease to get a set of Kooka levers on a Easton 90 recently. Also the clear coat tends to scratch very easily and with the monkey lites it is hard to keep them scruff free when installing pods, levers, lockouts, computers, etc. No big deal unless you are building for a customer and want to deliver it in pristine condition. |
| AHA! So I'm not just being paranoid! | DeeEight
Apr 13, 2003 6:53 AM | | I've had it with Zoom, Easton, Wound Up, Nukeproof, Tioga, Rocket Science, and
several other brands of carbon bars. |
| Unless we're talking about Canadian water--LOL! | TNC
Apr 13, 2003 8:12 AM | | I don't know, I've only used an Easton Monkeylite in the carbon bar category, but I just took the following measurements to see what differences I have compared to my metal bars.
My EA70 Monkey Bar is .895". My Azonic freeride alum. bar is .889". An old straight alum. Control Tech is .876. My carbon Monkeylite is .878". This indicates to me that there's not an unusual size issue for the Easton carbon bar. That old Control Tech bar is a mid 90's bar--no new tech there.
By the way, D8, any more reports on those attempted Candian water theft attempts? I've been looking, but having seen any breaking reports on CNN. |
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