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What to do with my snapped carbon bars?

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Old 06-29-14, 10:08 PM
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What to do with my snapped carbon bars?
Hey guys so I recently crashed. Car was turning right and I was right in his blind spot, classic right? So anyway my Predator integrated stem/bar has snapped as a result (pic here):

IMAG0636 by ReesesPieces041, on Flickr

Wondering if anyone here has come up with a good use for a trashed carbon bar such as this one.
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Old 06-29-14, 10:14 PM
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Wow, glad your okay! Sue the doosh and buy a new bike with the comp money!

If you don't have an attorney yet - I know a good PI attorney that helped me with my case a while back.
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Old 06-29-14, 10:31 PM
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buy new bars and move on...

you could always cut the bars and make hooks out of them or something lol
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Old 06-29-14, 10:37 PM
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Buy another pair.
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wall art for the work shop
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Put them in the trash can.

or or make something like this like someone else suggested:
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Old 06-30-14, 04:16 AM
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Duct Tape, no serious cyclist should be without it.
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Old 06-30-14, 04:38 AM
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This question comes up all the time on the 41. General consensus is...ride 'em one handed.
HTH.
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Make big pencils.
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Yeah, as others have suggested, those are tailor-made to be converted to bull horns. Just flip over and cut. But take care that there is not unseen damage elsewhere, like at the clamp.
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Originally Posted by coasting
Make big pencils.
Despite my being able to imagine your tongue firmly implanted in you cheek, I am tempted to ask, where DID the mistaken idea come from that carbon fiber is graphite?
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Buy another pair.
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Old 06-30-14, 12:37 PM
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Send 'em to campagnolo. They'll repurpose them in their Super Record Cranks.
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Originally Posted by rekon
Wow, glad your okay! Sue the doosh and buy a new bike with the comp money!

If you don't have an attorney yet - I know a good PI attorney that helped me with my case a while back.
You got your forums mixed up. This is the 41 and not A&S
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Originally Posted by Silvercivic27
Put them in the trash can.

or or make something like this like someone else suggested:
Brilliant!!!
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Originally Posted by StanSeven
You got your forums mixed up. This is the 41 and not A&S
I suppose my first instinct got the best of me!

I agree with others here... use the bars as wall art! They tell a story!
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Originally Posted by alexaschwanden
Buy another pair.
Alternatively, grow another pair.
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Can they be recycled?
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Originally Posted by Silvercivic27
Put them in the trash can.

or or make something like this like someone else suggested:
Is that what drunk idiots hang on their walls after they run over cyclists?
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Use them as a kickstand.
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Originally Posted by Reeses
Hey guys so I recently crashed. Car was turning right and I was right in his blind spot, classic right? So anyway my Predator integrated stem/bar has snapped as a result (pic here):

IMAG0636 by ReesesPieces041, on Flickr

Wondering if anyone here has come up with a good use for a trashed carbon bar such as this one.
Glue them retape, take some pictures and sell it on ebay as new.

Just kidding.
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Old 06-30-14, 03:10 PM
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Get them repaired for $600.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
where DID the mistaken idea come from that carbon fiber is graphite?
Probably from the fact that it is...at least in name:

Carbon (fiber) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See first sentence
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