[BigMike]

I just put my old DH bars on my Trail bike. (I have some Diablos 31.8s coming this weekend with a friend )

They are a bit wide, is there any reason I couldn't hack saw off 3/4" from each side?

I dont see a reason why, its just a steel tube, but I'm just checking with people who are not totally ignant when it comes to bike stuff.... Like me

 

[DßR]

yeah, you can totally do that.

 

[The Kadvang]

Yeah, It is completly okay to cut your bars. A bunch of my friends have done it with no problems. Go for it, just remember: "meassure twice, cut once"

 

[Dirty]

sure, as long as you have enough room to clamp your brakes and stuff before the bend in the bar...
ive cut down many a bar...
might want to get make some sort of guide, or buy a guide, so you get a straight cut on them bars. then just take a file to the outside and inside edges and you should be golden

 

[BigMike]

Originally posted by The Kadvang
Yeah, It is completly okay to cut your bars. A bunch of my friends have done it with no problems. Go for it, just remember: "meassure twice, cut once"

My motto is, Measure, cut, and if your off, you ment it to be a little shorter

 

[BigMike]

Originally posted by Dirty

might want to get make some sort of guide, or buy a guide, so you get a straight cut on them bars. then just take a file to the outside and inside edges and you should be golden

Well, I could go up to my LBS, and steal the guide they have for steertubes, or just go to the scene shop and steal a portaband

EDIT: and by steal, I mean use and put back

 

[Brian HCM#1]

I just use a pipe cutter.

 

[zedro]

i use Ginsu knives

 

[Dirty]

Originally posted by BigMike
Well, I could go up to my LBS, and steal the guide they have for steertubes, or just go to the scene shop and steal a portaband

EDIT: and by steal, I mean use and put back

perfect...thats exactly what i was refering to...

 

[The Kadvang]

My motto is, Measure, cut, and if your off, you ment it to be a little shorter

Thats the way to go...

 

[-dustin]

i can't cut my bars anymore 'cause the brake levers can't move inward due to the bulge (PX Goliaths). sniffle sniffle.

 

[ito]

Originally posted by the Inbred
i can't cut my bars anymore 'cause the brake levers can't move inward due to the bulge (PX Goliaths). sniffle sniffle.

pffft, who needs those brakes anyway?

Cut the suckers down, pipe cutter is the best way.

The Ito

 

[Crash_Tested]

pipe cutter


there is a cheaper version but since its steal, go with this one

 

[Crash_Tested]

I meant the first one. Its late

 

[Zaskar Rider]

I think the hacksaw and guide is probably a better route than pipecutters. I say this because from my plumbing experience pipecutters tend to bend the pipe a little bit from the way in which they cut. This could pose a problem especially for lockon grip users as the outside clamp may not be able to clamp onto the end of the bar. Just my $0.02

 

[Crash_Tested]

used correctly they should not bend metal that thick. You talking about that flismy crap that goes under the sink? I've cut a few alum steer tubes without mis-shaping the pipe.

Take your time, small incremental adjustments.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Originally posted by Zaskar Rider
I think the hacksaw and guide is probably a better route than pipecutters. I say this because from my plumbing experience pipecutters tend to bend the pipe a little bit from the way in which they cut. This could pose a problem especially for lockon grip users as the outside clamp may not be able to clamp onto the end of the bar. Just my $0.02

Yes, sometimes them metal will flair out, if you go in small increments its not as bad and can be cleaned up with a file. A pipe cutter leaves the cut much cleaner and it will be perfectly straight.

 

[binary visions]

Hacksaws and pipecutters both work, but either way be patient and careful. I always tighten the pipecutters a little too much and end up flaring the metal, so I stick to my hacksaws...

The cut does not need to be perfectly straight anyway - you should have either grips or bar caps that go over the end of your handlebars and either way, if you're a couple mm slanted on your cut it will make no difference.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Originally posted by binary visions

The cut does not need to be perfectly straight anyway - you should have either grips or bar caps that go over the end of your handlebars and either way, if you're a couple mm slanted on your cut it will make no difference.

It justs looks like sh*t though.

 

[-dustin]

will a pipecutter get through PX Goliaths?

 

[binary visions]

Originally posted by the Inbred
will a pipecutter get through PX Goliaths?

Pipecutter will cut anything, no matter how thick, it just takes sixty-four thousand twists to get through thick metal.

 

[-dustin]

takes 64 seconds to cut 'em with a saw. so there it is, a saw is a better choice for all applications. i guaranty it.

 

[BigMike]

Weird..... When I walked into my LBS today, they were in the back cutting some guys bars with a pipe cutter.........coincedece?

 

[Crash_Tested]

its a sign................doh do doh dooo

 

[-dustin]

maybe their saw broke

 

[Supa8]

Originally posted by Brian HCM#1
I just use a pipe cutter.

Very good tool to have around . Just use a good one.

 

[Crash_Tested]

Originally posted by the Inbred
maybe their saw broke

only a hammer**** would use one.

 

[-dustin]

ha!

 

[BigMike]

Whatever, Portaband is the only way to go

 

[Crash_Tested]

haha talk about overkill

 

[Zaskar Rider]

yeah, I guess when our cutters were new they wouldn't flare the pipe so much. Just when you cut that much metal with them they get dull fast.

 

[Crash_Tested]

little cuttin oil will prevent that

 

[JAB]

Originally posted by binary visions
Pipecutter will cut anything, no matter how thick, it just takes sixty-four thousand twists to get through thick metal.

If this is true Wolverine is in big trouble. And to think that Magneto overlooked this rather obvious solution...