Help stop me from mangling my bike!
06-10-12, 01:09 PM
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Help stop me from mangling my bike!
Just kidding. I never mangle my bike except, of course, when I do, 
. So I trashed one of the bar cons on my RB-1 and now it's stuck in the handlebars. Pics attached. Any ideas about how to get it out that do not involve taking a crowbar to my handlebars, 
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. So I trashed one of the bar cons on my RB-1 and now it's stuck in the handlebars. Pics attached. Any ideas about how to get it out that do not involve taking a crowbar to my handlebars, ?
06-10-12, 01:14 PM
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Remember the bolts turn opposite from what you expect. Look at the Shimano instructions. I used PB Blaster and let it soak awhile. It looked as if the original installation used no grease at all.
06-10-12, 01:32 PM
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well it broke off in the handlebars so I'm thinking it needs to get cut out of there in some fashion; or just replace the handlebars and hang the bars as wall art.
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Back in the Bronze age, many of us using Bar-cons, trimmed an inch or so off the ends of the handle bars, to keep the bar-con from extending the bar back too far. Odds are you never trimmed the bar, so this might be an opportune time to do so.
Cutting an inch or so off, will leave the bar-con in the stub, giving you a fresh bar to work with, just as if you did this in the first place. If you're a crappy sawyer, use two hose clamps on either sides of the cut as saw guides. If you have the other bar-con, use it as a depth gauge to locate the cut line, and don't forget to mark the other end of the bar for a similar cut.
When it's all done, and you don't think about why you had to do this, you might decide that it's better this way and be glad you did.
Cutting an inch or so off, will leave the bar-con in the stub, giving you a fresh bar to work with, just as if you did this in the first place. If you're a crappy sawyer, use two hose clamps on either sides of the cut as saw guides. If you have the other bar-con, use it as a depth gauge to locate the cut line, and don't forget to mark the other end of the bar for a similar cut.
When it's all done, and you don't think about why you had to do this, you might decide that it's better this way and be glad you did.
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Back in the Bronze age, many of us using Bar-cons, trimmed an inch or so off the ends of the handle bars, to keep the bar-con from extending the bar back too far. Odds are you never trimmed the bar, so this might be an opportune time to do so.
Cutting an inch or so off, will leave the bar-con in the stub, giving you a fresh bar to work with, just as if you did this in the first place. If you're a crappy sawyer, use two hose clamps on either sides of the cut as saw guides. If you have the other bar-con, use it as a depth gauge to locate the cut line, and don't forget to mark the other end of the bar for a similar cut.
When it's all done, and you don't think about why you had to do this, you might decide that it's better this way and be glad you did.
Cutting an inch or so off, will leave the bar-con in the stub, giving you a fresh bar to work with, just as if you did this in the first place. If you're a crappy sawyer, use two hose clamps on either sides of the cut as saw guides. If you have the other bar-con, use it as a depth gauge to locate the cut line, and don't forget to mark the other end of the bar for a similar cut.
When it's all done, and you don't think about why you had to do this, you might decide that it's better this way and be glad you did.
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I think I can remember the iron age (which is probably why I mangled my bar cons) but I'm pretty sure I can't remember the bronze age. I like this; a pipe cutter (if I had one) would also work well. I'll certainly try to forget why I had to do this . . . that seems to get easier with age.
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