[CR]Widening the classic handlebars

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:34:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: "bruce thomson" <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Widening the classic handlebars


Has anyone either thought of or experimented with the concept of widening t he classic handlebars?  I don't mean by a stretching process, but I mean a using a tubing cutter and center cut and then adding a central extension of either solid or heavy alloy tubing that would be step cut to fit inside the cut off bars and have a central section that would match the original c lamping section.   I am considering experimentation with a addition of Permanent Lock-Tite and/or knurling the sections together.   I have too often felt scrunch ed up on those old 39cm bars and miss some of the classic randonner curves of some of the old bars.

Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204 (509) 747 4314 Masi3v4me@yahoo.com      rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com