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 Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:28 pm |
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| scozim |
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So, I'm sitting here in my office on the phone and glance over to the Sprint that's on the trainer and notice the handlebar looks bent on the right side. I finish the call and walk over and realize it really is bent - never had noticed it before. It's perfectly functional for trainer work but I'm wondering if there's any safe way to straighen it or would I just be better off to replace it.
View from behind the bike:
Right side of the bar
Left side of the bar
Right side from the front
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:53 pm |
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| vanhelmont |
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I wouldn't try to straighten it. Alloy parts can fail from fatigue. The handlebars on the bike I rode for about 15 years developed a noticeable bend or sag, some on both sides, but more on one side than the other. If it hadn't been stolen I probably would have ended up on the pavement before many more years. Yours doesn't look like that kind of a bend, and you might be able to straighten it, filling it with sand and plugging the ends before you bend it to keep the tubing round as you bend, but I wouldn't try.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:24 pm |
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