Shop Bending Aluminum handle bars
I was musing to a local bike shop mechanic about how I might alter the sweep and bend of a set of bars.
He said, horrified, "I would never ride on that bike! "
I was thinking...how does he know he is not talking to a metallurgical expert?
He wasn't..
...so I am asking here: if I properly anneal the bars first and use the correct-size pipe bender,
can I tweak the sweep of my bars? They are Velo Orange Tourist, just want to 'tuck' them back a bit.. so they don't 'wing-out' so much.
Maybe 1/4" each side? Any of you people have experience w/ this type of adjustment?
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Last edited by kraftwerk; 10-21-22 at 09:57 PM.