Re: [CR]bent bars

(Example: Framebuilders:Jack Taylor)

From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:05:45 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]bent bars
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 7/7/2002 9:31:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rocklube@adnc.com writes:


> I have rebent Cinelli bars. Funny things can happen when a bar gets
> bent. The trick is to properly determine exactly where the bar needs to
> be bent and in which direction. The other hard part is holding the bar
> in order to make the proper bend. I don't remember what I did; but
> recently I rescued some old logo # 64 bars using my solidly pedestal
> mounted vice. From there I was able to get the angles and leverage I
> needed. Took about a half an hour before they were perfect.
>
>

If it's a gentle bend and you bend it back it should pose no problem? I had finally found an old 3ttt bar, but it turned out it was bent at the stem. I decided that if it had bent at one spot it was kinked and weakened. So I passed on it. Was I wrong?

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA