Looking at buying new bars, but is it possible to cut down carbon bars to the correct length? Or will it cost a bomb to get the right blade?
Or ,if it is expensive, could a bike shop do it?
Cheers
just use a blade with a high TPI (teeth per inch). i have used a junior hacksaw before as the teeth are much finer, with no problems.
why not just buy them the 'right' width?
well, i've measured my current bars, but they are 500mm.. i can't find any bars close to that. i may have measured them wrong though, i did use a broken ruler! 🙄
500mm is tiny. But ya you can cut them down with something as simple as a junior hacksaw, with a sheet metal cutting blade. Just make sure to support either side of the cut, so as not to pull the fibres out.
Did mine with a junior hacksaw, no problems. 500mm is very short tho, id double check that before taking a blade to a nice new set of bars!
I dont see a problem
Plenty of people cut carbon steerers on road bikes - me included
Just do it outside or in a well ventilated room
Junior hack saw - gently cut it - done it myself and no probs - I put a bit of oil on it to reduce friction and bind the carbon dust 🙂
But you can't just hacksaw through copper pipe stylee can you?
Anyone recommend any nice carbon OS bars around 680mm and 20mm rise max?
A cutting guide would make it neater but if you go steady you can make do without, abit of oil/lubrication is a good call though.
Racingralph, Truvastiv Noir Team are very good in my experience, bang on your 680mm and 20mm rise. Though I didn't pay the £80 everyone seems to want for them now. Still they've dealt fine with a year of me being a knobber, which is probably quite a good test. Very happy with them, considering another set for bike #2.
Oh, here we go, £60 from Bikeoutlet.
http://www.bikeoutlet.co.uk/products/Truvativ_Noir_Team_Handle_Bars_680mm_Carbon_Fibre-540-59.html