After months of collecting really cool mountain bike cranks we decided it was time to treat all of you to one of our famous 'crank stiffness tests' where we put a bunch of cranks in our jig, test them, crunch the numbers and leave the results so that you can choose your next dream crankset.
This is the 3rd test in our series, road handlebars. We’ve once again brought back our favorite engineer, Jason Krantz. Jason’s a mechanical engineer whose graduate work focused on the intersection of composite materials and finite element analysis. Jason has worked for several companies in the bicycle industry and never fails to amaze us with the depth of his cycling related knowledge. He adds real value to all of the tests we perform.
Feedback releases a new repair stand
In the past year we've done deflection testing on cranks, stems and road handlebars. Now it's time to introduce the Mtb handlebar testing. For this first round of testing we've tested 50 different handlebars. While each model may not be unique each one does have unique characteristics. For example we may have tested the same bar in different lengths to see how length affects stiffness. We also looked at this with some rise and sweep options as well as different materials.