hi /b/ Why there aren't any Polycarbonate brake levers?

>>714410039
Newfag

>>714410039
>>714410141
*Squid

quit layin yer bike down squidboi

So they can charge you for a new one.

>>714410039
Easy solution: dont fall dumbass
Expensive solution: steel.

>>714410039
Well, something has to break, if it wasnt the lever, it would be the master brake cylinder...now that would be shitty

>>714410363
Ok my point was that Polycarbonate is flexible and it is unbreakable mostly

>>714410311
Sure, it is not the intended use of a bike to lay it down, but ...

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>>714410039
bc if they made everything on a motorcycle to the quality standards of a racing bicycle, your moto would cost five million dollars.

>>714410039

if your motorbike has cast brake levers, it must be a pretty shitty bike

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>>714410039
>doesn't carry spare brake, clutch, brake and shift levers on a bandolier
fucking casual

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>>714410844
>2016
>doesn't carry spare bike

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>>714410968
>mfw 2 bikes is just a car

>>714410039

I'm probably missing the point here but don't drop your expensive bike?

>What caused part to fail?
>Operator boobery
>Improve part?
>Nope part didn't fail due to factory/mechanical defects

They won't replace or upgrade because your an idiot. The millions of other people who usr it get along with it just fine.

>>714410503
And how do you break with something flexible ???

These cheap levers are specifically designed to break upon impact to protect everything else way more expensive behind ...

>>714411396
Polycarbonate is... flexing, not breaking, it will not break the cylinder because the force will be limited because of the lever bending, it can be stiff enough to operate normally under your fingers's load.

>>714411731
idk buddy
invent one and come back to me with some mohfuckin money

>>714410039
You should look into bar end sliders they screw into the end of your handle grips into your handle bars so that hits before your levers

>>714412018
Didn't have a chance to do that, the first thing i did after arriving inside the with it is to drop it on the right side as seen on pic, the stand was too high. I think previous owners probably used that lever for like 8 years... and now i break it immediately.

http://www.oberon-performance.co.uk/acatalog/Brake_And_Clutch_Lever_Protectors.html

>>714412240
>the first thing i did after arriving inside the with it is to drop it on the right side
>spaghetti.jpg
/b/tard for sure

>>714412390
Also a good idea, thanks!

>>714412409
You can't wait until you can meet me riding it near you right? ;)

>>714410039
Go plastic or CNC aluminum

>>714410287
>unaware what squid means