Originally Posted by
saddlesores
if you're absolutely sure:
1. she definitely, positively wants flat bars, and
2. you have the skills/tools to cut the bars to length,
just get a longish bar, and a temporary set of grips and clamp-on bar ends.
load up and go for a ride, move the grips/barends as needed.
shouldn't take too long to figger out where the piece-parts should be.
1- definitely sure she is done with drop bars. Flats bar is the next step, backswept bars may follow.
2- no issues there, done it many times.
I may end up doing what you suggest with moving everything around on the bar and then cutting it to length, the only problem is that with the integrated bar ends, you can't slide the Ergons farther onto the bar.