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>> you sweat salt water all over it and don't want your alloy handlebars to break in half because it corroded underneath the bar tape.

Of all the ways to crash - mechanical failure, operator error, 3rd party - this is the one that keeps you up at night? We come from very different cycling worlds...



I've had a handlebar snap in half while road riding and can assure you this concern is warranted.


We come from very different cycling worlds

That doesn’t seem like a bad thing? Instead for cycling, it seems...like an inherent property I’d expect a cyclist to actually anticipate and empathize with.




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