Ove the years, a few bikes have come my way with handlebars that tend to lean in, like the set on this old Torpado...


I thought, because I had seen a few like this, that the design was original but I am pretty sure that I am wrong. Take a look at how deformed the stem clamp section of the handlebar. The bar slopes away from the center. I might add that it was difficult getting that old TTT stem off of those screwed up bars...



Rarely will I keep a bike off of the road for a missing or incorrect item. With that in mind, and since my stash is long gone, I had to settle for a set of Asian bars...


Seems like that is always one more item to find but at least I will be able to get the bike on the road sooner than later...