handlebar question
 

ok, so im working on this schwinn collegiate and im almost done, but i dont know if i want to have my handlebars loopign downward like the normal way, or try to cut them in half and have the bullhorn type.

sup to you hombre

i think it's more a question of pros/cons of each

don't cut handlebars. it's against the law in 38 states now. Honestly though, keep the drops

i really doubt its against the law at all

Bullhorns are cheap on fleabay or your LBS. I would keep the drops and ride them till you buy some horns. Depending on your goals you may just like the drops enough to keep them permanently. I used to have horns but needed more hand positions on the longer rides so went back to drops and hoods and never looked back.

get some big ass ape hangers

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. See, I'm making up this sandwich, and I'm almost done with it, but I don't know whether to use mayonaise or mustard. It's a ham sandwich, if that helps.

Keep the handlebars the way they are. If you want to try bullhorns, borrow a friend's bike. Or just buy some bullhorns and give it a shot yourself and keep the drop bars for the next project.

There will always be another bike project.

Both. The answer applies to bullhorns/ drops and to mustard/ mayo.
Have a pickle too and melt some cheese on it.

Mustmayostardayonnaise.

Drops with hoods.

I cut a set of drop bars to make short bullhorns on my FG bike. The end of the horn is geometrically the same hand position as riding on the hoods on my geared road bike. For me, I looked at the current setup of my FG bike as somewhat a "training wheel" type setup. I know it doesn't sound cool & all, but the truth is that I was far from needing to ride in the drops racing or anything of the kind...so, along with the rest of the simplifcation of the bike, why not reduce the bars to the minimum needed? They make for a number of good hand positions & angling of the bar itself can add some 'aero' into that mix also. For me it really had to with 2 things: 1. how I intended to use the bike at least for the forseeable lifespan of the current bar tape & 2. I have lots of spare parts so taking a hacksaw to a set of bars is simple and does not obscure the option of going back to drops in the course of maybe 10 minutes of fiddling with the bike in my workshop.

Chop em! If you want bullhorns just chop them till you can get some actual bullhorns. Drops are cheap, I find them for $5 all the time.

Agreed. I did my best to like drops and didn't. I prefer horns and TEHO