Originally Posted by Maelstrom
I only say hacksaw because 99% of the people I know own one...
as for straight...never had a problem on such a small pipe. Cut, file bang...you have a shorter bar. Now a bigger diameter I would use a pipe cutter as the risk of out of line cut goes way up.
Inexperience could mess up even the simplest cut. On a thin handlebar, i know that I could do the cut, but i have been welding and fabricating since i was 16. Someone who only uses a hacksaw to cut tree branches once in a while might have troubles making a good cut. It all depends.