Originally Posted by
bonechilling
You'll shave like ten grams and a lose a hand position. Sounds like a bad value, if you ask me.
If the hand position is worthless, whats the point? It been done before elsewhere. . .
Originally Posted by
a b seize
people have done it, but i've never seen someone do it and still run brakes. i'm a little curious as to how much you are cutting off. if you still want to run brakes, that may make it a little difficult to actually use the brake. if they are cheap bars go for it, but if they are the only bars you have you may want to try something else.
Before switching to bullhorns, I almost never braked from the drops. Almost always from the top of the hoods.
Good point about hacking cheap bars, don't go chopping up rare crap.