heavy isnt so bad if you ride nice parks because weight helps you gain momentum, but with street/flat you exert more of your own energy, i shouldnt have to exert twice as much energy on a trick than normal just because my parts weigh too much, the fact is hardly anyone has broken aluminium buffs, id like to see some one peices out of those, just by taking off the stem and welding the bars you wouldnt lose any strength but you would lose a good portion of weight, they would turn out to be stronger then most steel bars but also much lighter, i dont know much about heat treating but id like to make some alu bars with .125 cross bar and .95 steertube thats heat treated, i know i wouldnt break them but they would be mad light, id also like to see some one use t3 2024 aluminium, its quite a bit lighter and alot stronger than t6 6061, just hard to weld
the point is, you can make strong light parts, look at rob formans bars, sure if i made thicker chromo ones id prolly have stronger bars on my first try, but they would be super heavy, rob formans bars have matured in design and became very strong ive heard while still being very light, and thats the kind of parts we need, thats a real design and if i put alot of money in my parts then i want someone who can design like that
