Originally Posted by
StephenH
What immediately comes to my mind is that it would be relatively easy to bend one side of a handlebar (assuming you have some way to bend it at all) as the shape can vary quite a bit. Making the second half match the first half would be the challenge.
I think it can be done by aligning carefully to one or two lines that you make with a marker pen on the tube (straight from end to end).
Originally Posted by
StephenH
Some bars are narrower with a swelled place in the middle, might be hard to DIY.
This is something else I have thought about. I would possibly try to solve this by making the bar one diameter and then sliding on and clamping/pressing a shim around it in the middle.
The bending is what I am the most nervous about.