Re: [CR]Drilled Handlebars

(Example: Framebuilders:Jack Taylor)

From: "Dennis Ryan" <loubobky@hotmail.com>
To: handsfie@aol.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Drilled Handlebars
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:56:00 -0400


Just say "no" -- think of flexing a thin tube with both hands. Now think of flexing the same tube with holes drilled in it. Where will the failure start? -Dennis Ryan, not an engineer (& didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night)

----Original Message Follows---- From: handsfie@aol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Drilled Handlebars Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 02:20:19 EDT

What are people's thoughts in regards to drilling handlebars in order to internally route the cable housings for bar end shifters? R.G. Handsfield