I’m not going to post the picture as it’s more than a little wince inducing.

[it’s not NSFW, just something you probably need to be prepared for, rather than it just appearing in your twitter feed, for example 😯 ]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrUWf4GIEAA-tHg.jpg:large

basically it’s a bloke with a set of handlebars skewering his leg.

Thankfully it looks like it’s not taken a core sample but I assume a wider surface area would have helped prevent it.

I’m Derek Starship, and I approve this message.

😯

Hows that not taken a core sample? Presume the open bar made the cut then the grip just followed through… euurgh!

Yum, leg kebab. Still can’t figure out how that’s happened, it’s through the back of his(?) leg. Did the sports watch stop it going any further? 🙂

Maybe the brake lever stopped it?

It’s a very short bar width, I’m assuming that a wider width bar may well have prevented this?

Phew – bar is intact. 🙂

One of mine appears to have gone missing after a minor… ahem… ‘incident’ t’other week. Must get some more on the way home tonight 😯

It’s those carbon fibres trying to find a way to your heart and kill you dead. They’ll stop at nothing.

Holy mother of god. Ow.

Stem the idea and bar yourself from looking at that link.
Just get a grip on this and get some plugs.

With Jamie having posted the pre and post medical attention pics my reticence seems misplaced.

Would a bar plug have helped?

You have to wonder, or, I do.

WTF when did that happen…

Derek’s Starship Belly to the forum…

With Jamie having posted the pre and post medical attention pics my reticence seems misplaced.

Yup. Yer big ponce.

Derek’s Starship Belly to the forum…

Yer big ponce.

I’ve been ban hammered for images twice and I’m not sure if there’s a ‘3 strikes’ policy in operation…

Can’t see how a bar end plug would do much given the force that must’ve taken.

On another note, wwaswas, do you have a link to the original carbon fibre barbs to the heart thread, I was trying to find it recently.

I’ve been ban hammered for images twice and I’m not sure if there’s a ‘3 strikes’ policy in operation…

Wot? Similar to the above? No gore/death, and the guy seems fine. I give it a PG certification.

Similar to the above?

*unsure if this is discussing moderators activities so keeps schtum beyond saying; ‘no, not similar’*

I wonder if the brake lever started the digging rather than the bar end?

owchy ouch ouch.

Social media eh, he gets all the attention.

I did that with a motorbike in 1985 but didn’t get my picture all over the web!

lemonysam – Member
Can’t see how a bar end plug would do much given the force that must’ve taken

Surface area with a bar end plug is much larger than a thin, ‘relatively sharp’, tube end.

Imagine pushing a pastry cutter into your hand, then doing the same with a disc of solid material the same diameter…..

lemonysam – Member

Imagine pushing a pastry cutter into your hand, then doing the same with a disc of solid material the same diameter…..

Obviously, however the force required to force a bar end plug into the tube isn’t that great* whereas the force required to push this through your body is pretty major. Obviously screw on end caps solve that but I’m not convinced that fairly soft plastic caps offer much protections, especially not the really flimsy OEM ones you sometimes get.

*I’ve done it just laying the bike down on the ground before.

So, don’t use flimsy ones? If you’ve managed to do that just laying a bike on the ground before, then they must have been really rubbish plugs or poorly fitting. Or you have a really heavy bike! 😉

I’ve never managed to force a bar end plug into a bar.

We had a regular customer who re-appeared after a six month vanishing act, turned out he’d spent the time in hospital after having his open handlebar pushed right through his stomach. There’s more than one reason i’ve kept my bar-ends.

stumpy01 – Member
lemonysam – Member
Can’t see how a bar end plug would do much given the force that must’ve taken
Surface area with a bar end plug is much larger than a thin, ‘relatively sharp’, tube end.

Imagine pushing a pastry cutter into your hand, then doing the same with a disc of solid material the same diameter…..

Except this is very different.

Consider the relative surface area difference of your analogy vs the story. And the pressure on the area that would havebeeen covered by a plug.

A lot of alu bars do have pretty ‘sharp’ ends. Thick walled carbon bars less so. I’ve got some New Ultimate alu flat bars here that would do serious damage!

Mandatory for racing, they’ve checked bikes a few times recently too.

Was it Cedric Garcia that could have very nearly bled out with a handle bar in the groin?

I only put Hope bar plugs on for bling value. Now I find out I’m being all ‘elf & savety.

I’m surprised that he didn’t snap his femur too.