Originally Posted by
Deanster04
NEVER bend Aluminum...you will be courting disaster. Cheaper to buy another bar...front teeth cost as much as a new highend bike.
What about bending the drop about 20 degrees? I would like to turn a 1970s bar into a compact bar.
By rotating the bar upward you can have a flatter top and then I would bend the drops to around its original angle before the rotation. Will a metal fabrication shop be able to do this properly?