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Re: Profile Design Aeria Ultimate aerobar and stem [Slowman]
Slowman, i disagree. PD has never stated that the basebar is not usable without cut down. Mountain bike handlebars (especially long ones) are often designed to be cut to length, but they are designed so that they won't fail even at max length. As a customer, how would I know that have to cut down an aerobar to avoid cracking it?

Is it safe if I cut the basebar length by 1 inch? Should I cut more? Am I expected to model this out in CAD with physics simulation as a customer?

There's also the question of why give so much length if you it cannot be used in that configuration. I am sure it costs (marginally) more to make the bars longer. PD simply made an engineering mistake in estimating either how much torque carbon can take or how much torque the rider can put on it.

It's fine to sympathize with manufacturers (especially ones that have a history of doing the right things), and I believe PD is doing good for its end customers. But it's a bridge too far to call an engineering mistake a "good deed".

Slowman wrote:
PD gave users too much rope. no good deed goes unpunished. in fact, OE bike makers failed to cut the bars down.
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