Is there a way to fix bent bars?

Steven942
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4/15/2013 5:41pm Edited Date/Time 4/18/2013 2:32pm
I crashed today practicing and bent my bars. Is there a way to fix them (besides buying new ones)? I'm just wondering because i'm going to by new ones regardless but i would like to have a pair of "back-up" bars that aren't' bent.
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bd
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4/15/2013 10:45pm
No...

Once bent, replace
qtrracer
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4/16/2013 7:59am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2013 8:01am
We used to bend them back all the time. Carbon steel bars would re-bend back to their bent condition after awhile but chromoly bars would usually be stable. Some of us poor folk couldn't just throw money and parts at a problem, we actually had to fix it using tools, a totally unfamiliar concept in todays world. FWIW I'd avoid bending back aluminum bars,they usually don't have many bend cycles in them before they will start to crack
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4/16/2013 10:00am
^^^The good old days.
qtrracer
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4/16/2013 4:47pm
Skerby wrote:
^^^The good old days.
Before the present where too many guys just throw things away. He is talking about just using them as a back up set, or does he need NEW bars for that? Incredible!!!!!

The Shop

4/17/2013 3:31am
The handlebar would be alot weaker once bent back . The last thing you want is bars snapping!!!! trust me ive seen it .
CamP
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4/17/2013 8:38am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2013 8:39am
153.racing wrote:
The handlebar would be alot weaker once bent back . The last thing you want is bars snapping!!!! trust me ive seen it .
I know two different people that ended up in the hospital because their bars snapped off mid ride. I don't run old bars, or bent bars, for that reason. Only a fool would straighten bent aluminum bars, and re-use them. Aluminum becomes very brittle when it's cold bent. If you crash and bend your aluminum bars, they belong in the trash can.
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4/17/2013 12:14pm
Trash can not cool. Recycle those alum. bars along with all bent up and broken alum. parts.
CamP
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4/17/2013 4:18pm
motosicko wrote:
Trash can not cool. Recycle those alum. bars along with all bent up and broken alum. parts.
What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?

Answer: Aluminum

That being said, I recycle.
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4/18/2013 2:32pm Edited Date/Time 4/18/2013 2:33pm
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