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Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:27 pm
by spartacus
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hugo-h ... gp-denain/
Not only are they absurdly wide (44cm bars on the 120mm stem), apparently they're weak too.
Fail
This trend of proprietary, too-wide "aero" cockpits is pure pandering to freds and wanna-bes and needs to stop!
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:33 pm
by TobinHatesYou
Can't automatically blame the bars for being weak if the bike is crashed at race speeds.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:33 pm
by Weenie
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Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:49 pm
by spartacus
TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:33 pm
Can't automatically blame the bars for being weak if the bike is crashed at race speeds.
That was the first set. Guess you didn't read the aericle.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:51 pm
by bikeboy1tr
So how wide is too wide? Why would they offer this combo if its so absurd? Is it only Freds and Wanna=Be ppl riding this combo. Is it a quality issue with that particular bar/stem combo or are all 44/120 combos a poor quality choice?
And if your wondering yes I do ride a 120/44 combo but my names not Fred ffs.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:56 pm
by spartacus
bikeboy1tr wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:51 pm
So how wide is too wide? Why would they offer this combo if its so absurd? Is it only Freds and Wanna=Be ppl riding this combo. Is it a quality issue with that particular bar/stem combo or are all 44/120 combos a poor quality choice?
And if your wondering yes I do ride a 120/44 combo but my names not Fred ffs.
44cm bars are ridiculously wide and are a poor choice if you want to go fast. Why buy an aero bike then throw away all the watts the bike provides and then some py putting the rider in a crappy position? Why would they offer the combo? Cause people are buying the bike for looks or cool factor and aren't serious about going fast. No serious person is going to use wider than 40cm on an aero bike and even that's too wide IMO.
Point is bianchi has jumped the shark with this bike.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:04 pm
by ultimobici
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:49 pm
TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:33 pm
Can't automatically blame the bars for being weak if the bike is crashed at race speeds.
That was the first set. Guess you didn't read the aericle.
Both due to crashes.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
by spartacus
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:04 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:49 pm
TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:33 pm
Can't automatically blame the bars for being weak if the bike is crashed at race speeds.
That was the first set. Guess you didn't read the aericle.
Both due to crashes.
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:52 pm
by TobinHatesYou
Not everyone’s bikes break in crashes too, but some get completely obliterated in freak accidents. Not sure how you can just single out Bianchi here based on what’s happened.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:53 pm
by ultimobici
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your bars snap. MVDP didn't even need to crash for his to break!
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:54 pm
by spartacus
TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:52 pm
Not everyone’s bikes break in crashes too, but some get completely obliterated in freak accidents. Not sure how you can just single out Bianchi here based on what’s happened.
You're right I'm sure it was a 2x freak incident (broke in the same spot on both sides) and had nothing to do with the goofy bar design.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:55 pm
by spartacus
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:53 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your bars snap. MVDP didn't even need to crash for his to break!
Those bars had/have a known deisgn weakness
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:01 pm
by ultimobici
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:55 pm
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:53 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your bars snap. MVDP didn't even need to crash for his to break!
Those bars had/have a known deisgn weakness
If you're referring to the adjustable part, that was the conclusion many jumped to at the time. It was later shown to be the lever clamp.
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:04 pm
by spartacus
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:01 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:55 pm
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:53 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your bars snap. MVDP didn't even need to crash for his to break!
Those bars had/have a known deisgn weakness
If you're referring to the adjustable part, that was the conclusion many jumped to at the time.
It was later shown to be the lever clamp.
I know
Point is it's another proprietary cockpit that you can't get a good size in and is just made for selling bikes, not working or perofrming ideally.
Then you have people rusing to defend companies doing this garbage
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:07 pm
by thirdsun
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:53 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your bars snap. MVDP didn't even need to crash for his to break!
As far as I remember that bike was involved in a (minor?) crash/collision before the incident:
https://www.cyclingtips.com/2021/03/ct- ... g-forward/
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:09 pm
by spartacus
thirdsun wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:07 pm
ultimobici wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:53 pm
spartacus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:48 pm
Must have missed that part, and the part where everyone elses bars also broke in the crashes.
Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your bars snap. MVDP didn't even need to crash for his to break!
As far as I remember that bike was involved in a (minor?) crash/collision:
https://www.cyclingtips.com/2021/03/ct- ... g-forward/
It was, but probably failed because of the clamp, at any rate bars should be designed to take a hit since pros crash all the time (in my opinion)
Re: Broken stupid bianchi handlebars on their stupid aero bike
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:09 pm
by Weenie
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