Joined: May 2008
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
Drop bars have multiple radical bends! I don't know if they are annealed after bending or not. I suspect not, so what is wrong with bending them back? Work hardening of AL is an issue but they were bent severely to begin with!
Has anyone seen stress crazing or fractures on new bars from the forming process? Does anyone know what the process yield is for material failure as opposed to dimensional deviations?
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