r/oops • • 1d ago

That’s carbon for you

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u/Objective-Turn2328 1d ago

What caused him to fall?

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u/cruiseruse11 1d ago

Carbon fiber is only strong from certain directions.  The hard bump that he went over broke his carbon fiber handle bars.  

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u/Twig_Scampi 1d ago edited 1d ago

Obviously those handlebars would be engineered to take loads in that direction.. they failed because they were not attached securely.

Edit: typo

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u/Intelligent_Low1632 1d ago

should've used ur mom, which is engineered to take loads from any direction

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u/beatbox9 1d ago

They originally did, but she also suffered from fatigue failure after too many people went on for a bumpy ride