Sierra_rider

I'm no carbon fiber expert...what I do know has come from doing carbon fiber repair on a bike and making small parts out of CF...but flexy Ali bars screams "void spaces and uneven resin application," to me. Reputable manufacturers can engineer some flex into carbon fiber, but these el cheapo bars probably don't have much in the way of engineering behind them. I'm guessing the extent of their engineering is just going for a thicker carbon lay up, splooging some resin in there, and hoping that the defects aren't readily noticeable to the end user.