Cutting Down Handlebars Safely

Gussio
Gussio Posts: 2,452
edited September 2009 in The workshop
I have a pair of Easton EA70XC handlebars on the commuting steed, fitted with bar ends. Finding them a touch too wide and am considering cutting them down by an inch or so on each side. Beyond leaving enough space for levers and lights, is there anything that I should be aware of before taking the hacksaw to them?

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    well don't take an inch of them right away, move your grips and bar ends and controls in until you find the best place!

    then mark them and cut them, use a sharp fine toothed hacksaw, masking tape as a guide and smooth off the ends with a round file.
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  • Parkpre Boy
    Parkpre Boy Posts: 19
    Use a plumbers pipe cutter, nice clean accurate cuts.
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  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Parkpre Boy wrote:
    Use a plumbers pipe cutter, nice clean accurate cuts.
    +1
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Hacksaw..just get lopping.....

    My MTB has a slightly wider profile than my roadies..... - i.e. narrow... :shock:
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    crankycrank wrote:
    Parkpre Boy wrote:
    Use a plumbers pipe cutter, nice clean accurate cuts.
    +1

    ++1 :roll:
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    half of them are even more stupid than you first thought.

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