Pro taper bars?

[e-man]

Hay fellas, have been riding oin a set of gold pro taper bars and have been a little uneasy lately after hearing of people snaping them, Let us know wat your thoughts are and how u find them if u ride on them yourself.

[spinner]

I haven't heard of any breaking ? I have heard of one pair bending from a crash though. Mine are 3 years old , I ride DH most weekends , but no hucking.

Love em !

[condog]

mine got bent, stacking into lots of rocks.
but u can hardly see them. if protapers have snaped any handle bar can snap.

[placebo]

It's not just protapers. All aluminium bars fatigue over time. Some people replace bars after a year or so, whether they have been bent or not. I haven't lately, because I haven't been riding as much DH as I used to. Though if you ride a lot it's better than spitting teeth and rocks out of your mouth. The only bars I've seen break suddenly (both not protapers btw) were very old (almost 5 years), and the other set had a nice groove at the stem-bar interface due to poor finishing of the stem.

[PEELER]

ask old4dy, his son got real farked up when his snapped while he was dj'n(i think it was dj'n).he had his pic in zoo for it lol(and some off you get your mind out off the gutter)

[flognoffsky]

they are a XC bar thats like complaining your giant trance is no good for dh :rolleyes:

[top_dog]

they are a XC bar thats like complaining your giant trance is no good for dh :rolleyes:

No, ProTapers most definetly are DH bars.

[Adamski]

What the hell? Answer Protapers are THE best DH bars ever. Saying that though alloy sure does fatigue...DH bars i reckon should be replaced after 2 years or about 10 massive stacks, coz they take a smashing when you crash especially with dual crowns coz the bars can't spin.