Crimping Ti Bars

[WD Pro]

Do they crimp easily with the fitment of bar ends or is it just from over tightening :? is there a very fine line between the bar end slipping and the bar going pearshaped ? :?

Cheers,

WD

 

[scant]

depends on the bar. the titec 118 bar was exceptionally thin & needed inserts (BERTS) to stop the bar from being crushed.

 

[WD Pro]

Interesting as I was thinking of shrinking in some form of insert if it was going to be a problem :?

They are defo not that light - they are the bonty version and my crappy tesco value dial scale have them at 160 ish

WD

 

[sancho]

If you run bar ends they will almost certainly crimp, even with BERTS.

 

[ekiborter]

I have some berts for Titec bars if you'd like them (karma).

on the crimping subject it depends which barends you use.

most Ti barends use a very wide clamp to prevent crimping your Ti bar.

 

[WD Pro]

Sounds like a top offer dude

Will pm details later

WD

 

[WD Pro]

You can see the bar thickness here :

The clamps are about twice as wide as the old onza aly bar ends I had. I have some kolo Ti bar ends and they have a similar 'wide' clamp

WD

 

[ferrus]

I'd still bung some BERTs in though.
Alternatively, you could use some Answer Hyperends or any other's with an internal expanding-wedge. I've got these on some 118's and they seem fine ...and the 118s are paper thin; you can bend them with your fingers. :shock:

 

[ekiborter]

I'll pop the 'berts' in the post on Tuesday once I'm back at work.

 

[WD Pro]

Yep - hopefully got some on the way belt n braces etc

Thanks for all the input guys

WD