That’s just from the stem, the deepest scratch is in the gold paintI'd be more worried about that bit that looks like someone has run a pipe cutter the whole way around them, or is that just in the protective film?
That’s the problem poodles, if there’s a huck to be had I’m thereRun them on your shop bike. Unless your trips to the shops involves hucking.
Well then...the streets are brutal - stairs, huck to flat, mistimed gutter, unexpected pot hole...if you were just cruising xc laps on it (given the intention of such a bar) it would probably be fine. But who wants to have a bar snap halfway down a set of 12 stairs or in the middle of a rock garden?That’s the problem poodles, if there’s a huck to be had I’m there
You'd huck those bars in an instant and pull off a one handed landing with style if any crackage happened.But who wants to have a bar snap halfway down a set of 12 stairs or in the middle of a rock garden?
It won't snap, it'll turn into a noodle and give ample opportunity to pull up safely.But who wants to have a bar snap halfway down a set of 12 stairs or in the middle of a rock garden?
They have a clear grip compound applied over where the stem clamps, it just forms ribs around where the stem has been campled down and pushed the material out a little. I have one set with a few different stem clamp patterns on it, nothing to be worried about.Is that a groove in the bars from your stem? If so, you need to remove the sharp edge on the inside of your stem. That will be bad news for any bar (carbon or alu).
I think the risk is that where it has sharp edges on the damage, through the clear coat. It can lead to cracking or delamination of the fibre construction. [EDITED - because I was wrong]As for the scratches, there seems to be a common misconception with carbon fiber that it's a bit like glass - once you get a scratch it will auto-magically crack. The complete opposite is true. It's made up of a shedload of individual fibers so in order for something like bars to fail prematurely from a scratch, the scratch will need to be deep enough to have severed a sufficient proportion of the fibers to put the bar strength below the force you're going to put through it.
Speed crash at boomerangHow did you do it, did you hit something at a good speed or the bike fell over and rubbed on something ? If it's had a good hard hit it might have fractures in it that you can't see.
Ride at own riskSpeed crash at boomerang
My guess is, it would probably be okay, at least for a while. Closely monitor for the first few rides to make sure nothing is developing, then relax the inspection schedule if nothing occurs. (And I agree with @The Duckmeister - it won't just shear off in your hands, it'll either give some warning or you'd be doing something that would likely snap the bars anyway regardless of existing damage...)
Hence the "at least for a while"!Ride at own risk
That's going to depend what your doing when it gives out. I'm talking along the lines of riding as per pics, thus my suggestion of xc use as ok.It won't snap, it'll turn into a noodle and give ample opportunity to pull up safely.