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[ragnar1984]

Well, it would have been nice of him to mention the cracks.
In my mind they are "Significantly not as described".

 

[sq225917]

Mike, I'm stalking you, obviously. ...

Some of us have to put bar ends on our carbon bars, i have a similarly crushed set of EC 90's, except that mine are only crushed at one end and are not suffering from the UV/water induced lacquer lifting that yours are.

The implication from the dotted/bubbled lacquer is that the inside of the bar wasn't sealed against moisture, or the crack at the end has allowed it to ingress under flexure. Heat that sucker up in the sun and hey presto..

Basically it's fucked.

However if you don't mind a little work, you can have mine.

One end has clamp damage similar to your but the rest of it is brand new. If you just want a bar to use without bar ends then all you need to do is fill one end with an epoxy balloon mix and let it set, then give the outer a touch of lacquer, I prefer ultravar to anything else if you can get it.

Yours for postage, she's a minter apart from that one end.

 

[Russell]

As an aside, those that want carbon bars but aren't swayed by the marketing boys at Easton, should consider USE stuff. Not only are they British, but they also re-inforce their bars internally with aluminium inserts at critical stress areas such as the bar ends. Cheaper than Easton too.

 

[mikesnowdon]

Mike, I'm stalking you, obviously. ...

Some of us have to put bar ends on our carbon bars, i have a similarly crushed set of EC 90's, except that mine are only crushed at one end and are not suffering from the UV/water induced lacquer lifting that yours are.

The implication from the dotted/bubbled lacquer is that the inside of the bar wasn't sealed against moisture, or the crack at the end has allowed it to ingress under flexure. Heat that sucker up in the sun and hey presto..

Basically it's ****. (Gash?)

However if you don't mind a little work, you can have mine.

One end has clamp damage similar to your but the rest of it is brand new. If you just want a bar to use without bar ends then all you need to do is fill one end with an epoxy balloon mix and let it set, then give the outer a touch of lacquer, I prefer ultravar to anything else if you can get it.

Yours for postage, she's a minter apart from that one end.

Simon! Hello mate!!!

Nice to know your on here too. I think I'll have to take you up on your offer. I wont be using bar-ends. Is it a flat or a riser?

I've just asked the seller for my money back. I could have got a more recent newer Carbon riser but I wanted the original CT2 for its retro coolness. I kinda knew I was taking a risk with an older CF bar. I allways wanted the CT2 monkeylite ever since it first came out

Dont forget to check out my build thread:

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I guess now you know why Ive been a little quiet over on Pinkfish lately Still not finnished my amp.....distraction's!

 

[squiffy]

I wouldn't worry about the laquer chip however the ends are pretty worrying thats quite a lot of de-lam just as a thought how wide are the bars could you stand to lose some off the width and just chop the bad bit off? If not you could maybe drill the end of the crack and put a bung inside you don't need to shrink the bungs in as it is better to have a slight (.25mm-to.5mm) glue gap just to givea better bond. The glue cures at about 60 c but will go off at room temp if left for long enough

 

[mikesnowdon]

I wouldn't worry about the laquer chip however the ends are pretty worrying thats quite a lot of de-lam just as a thought how wide are the bars could you stand to lose some off the width and just chop the bad bit off? If not you could maybe drill the end of the crack and put a bung inside you don't need to shrink the bungs in as it is better to have a slight (.25mm-to.5mm) glue gap just to givea better bond. The glue cures at about 60 c but will go off at room temp if left for long enough

If not you could maybe drill the end of the crack

Not sure I follow you there. Can you explain in more detail exactly what you mean please?

Width is 610mm and I would need to loose about 20mm off each end to get rid of the cracked areas. Not sure 570mm is wide enough?

 

[squiffy]

If you drill a small hole (2mm) at the end off the crack it stops it from growing you would need to make sure the glue then filled the crack and the hole and i would make the bung sit at least 25 mm past the point where you drilled the hole

 

[mikesnowdon]

Cheers Squiffy.

 

[sq225917]

Drilling only reallyt stops crack propagation in metal, not composites.

Mike it's a 560mm straitbar.

 

[mikesnowdon]

Drilling only reallyt stops crack propagation in metal, not composites.

Mike it's a 560mm straitbar.

Cheers Si. PM on the way.