Chinese 3T Handlebar Flex

tamasreal

Dear Readers,

I have bought a chinese "3T" handlebar from ebay, from a 'top' seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-Carbon-Fib ... 4adb67a40c

I got it yesterday, but did not use, because of the bad weather, and I would like to use it for my next bike, a Specialized Venge Replica, which I would like to buy for Christmas.

My question is, that I replaced my other handlebar on my trainer, just to try it, but it flex a little bit.
I am a little bit worried. The bar is full carbon, the flex is around 1 cm..
Should I worry, or is this normal?

Any experience with these chinese bars?
Thanks for everybody.

tamasreal

If I wrap some bartape on it, will it be better?

ugo.santalucia

tamasreal wrote:

If I wrap some bartape on it, will it be better?

You knowingly bought a counterfeit... it is entirely your fault. Saw it in half so that nobody can use it and get injured and use the two halves as hooks to hang stuff from. End of the thread