Thread: Have you ever heated and bent drop bar levers to use on straight bars?
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Old 08-18-25 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by BikePower
in theory but has it ever happened in tests or in the wild? How much force is even being exerted? No where near its limit. I realize in theory yes it could conceivably bring down an airplane but realistically it should be easy to do a test and see how much force it takes compared to an unbent/heated lever. I do have an extra.
Yes it has happened in test and in the wild. I have seen enough snapped levers and have bent some levers and seen them break.
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