Originally Posted by TO11MTM
-I don't know.-
Now that my disclaimer's out of the way here's what I think will happen: depends on the bar. If it's steel and the bend isn't much (10deg doesn't sound like a lot to me anyway,) You might be able to get away with it.
I sure as hell wouldn't try it with alloy bars.... MAYBE if you do a warm set, but I still doubt it.
Agreed. Might be possible with steel bars. It might sorta work with aluminum, but I would want to ride on those bars afterwards. Aluminum does not take kindly to bending... it has a disturbing habit of failing quickly (read "Bicycling Science" to compare the failure modes of aluminum vs. steel tubes).
Having a handlebar snap off would be the most gawdawful thing I can imagine happening while on a bike. The only thing worse would be a broken stem.