Thanks. I think I'll try it. As noted, I'm only worried about the finish
cracking if it's anything like brittle chrome. These are fillet brazed,
steel, bullmoose bosco bars. Other than being too high and too narrow, and
too straight-back at the grip, they're a perfect compliment to my fillet
brazed susie, which is why I want to make them work.
Otherwise, I agree with everyone about the custom Doom bars. I used a
different custom bar ("Arise") on my last mountain bike a few years ago,
and I now have steel bars on 5 of my most ridden bikes. I just can't see
any reason to ever use off-the-shelf, aluminum bars again. (At least not
for a big guy like me who always wants wider and stiffer, and for whom a
few grams of weight is not a big deal.) I'm gearing up to get two bars
from Doom, and ironically recommended the idea to someone on the IBOB list
just a few days ago.
FYI, my "pack them full of sand" idea came from Charlie Cunningham. That's
what he did to modify aluminum drop bars into the first dirt-drop bars,
which then inspired Grant to make the first mass-produced dirt-drop bar for
the '87 MB-1. But Charlie could re-heat-treat them after bending, so I
think it's good advice not to bend aluminum myself.
On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 6:45:18 AM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com wrote:
> Keith – Not sure of the exact process but I've seen a short vid of Ron
> bending bars. He had the handlebars in a bench vise sandwiched between two
> 2x6s. He then pulled on the bars with all his weight. No idea what the
> original bars are.
>
> As Mike suggests DoomBars seems to be a good way to go. Who knows if/when
> these will be re-stocked at Crust. I think this now-sold-out shipment had
> been delayed several months.
>
> Thanks to Ed and Taylor regarding shipping, I didn't realize they were
> issuing refunds. I just removed the bar tape from my order.
>
> On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 6:44:44 AM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote:
>
>>
>> Well, I somehow missed this altogether. Interesting though because
>> that's exactly what I dream about doing to my own bosco bars every time
>> use them. Does anyboby know where to find reference to Ron first bending
>> his own? Were they aluminum or steel? Mine are steel, and I worry about
>> the "dull- bright" Nitto finish cracking if it's plating based. Otherwise,
>> I'm comfortable packing them full of sand and taking a tubing bender to
>> them.
>> On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-7 jmlmu...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I had a set in my shopping cart and got sidetracked at work and when I
>>> checked back an hour later they were sold out :-(
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 9:35:53 PM UTC-8 brendonoid wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been waiting since February last year for these bars and have
>>>> checked the website at least once a week in that interval. I really wanted
>>>> them for a Susie build.
>>>>
>>>> They are now sold out.
>>>>
>>>> *sigh*
>>>>
>>>
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