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Originally Posted by 4nick8tor
Look at all the holes in the handlebar that Merckx used for the hour record...

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Ben...erckx_main.htm
But he used those handlebars for about one hour and no longer. And he didn't climb any hills and probably didn't rocked the bike.

I wouldn't trust a handlebar with a hole close to the stem, especially not if it didn't come predrilled. That hole is a stress concentrator and since they probably just used a power drill, I guess the hole isn't even really smooth, with makes for some nice crack starts...

Then again, that's just my opinion.
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