maybe a bit presumptuous to call the bar a proven design given that, technically speaking, a fairly large percentage of the ones in existence have failed in use. i assume his argument is that it's the carbon tubing supplier's fault. may well prove true. i'll be interested to see if he goes back and reviews the tubing used in his other bars of the same design after he heals up

it's in poor taste to kick the man while he's down. i doubt that many other framebuilders would experience similar criticism after a mechanical failure of one of their own bikes. misconduct on forums is not grounds for the withholding of sympathy after a crash