As stated above, use a vice sandwiched between 2x6. Steel bar. Do not bend aluminum bars! I was waiting for Ron’s bars since the first photo leak. Saw the post here that they were in stock but couldn’t get to them in time. Oh well hopefully they will come around again soon!
On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 5:45:18 AM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Keith – Not sure of the exact process but I've seen a short vid of Ron > bending bars. He had the handlebars in a bench vise sandwiched between two > 2x6s. He then pulled on the bars with all his weight. No idea what the > original bars are. > > As Mike suggests DoomBars seems to be a good way to go. Who knows if/when > these will be re-stocked at Crust. I think this now-sold-out shipment had > been delayed several months. > > Thanks to Ed and Taylor regarding shipping, I didn't realize they were > issuing refunds. I just removed the bar tape from my order. > > On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 6:44:44 AM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote: > >> >> Well, I somehow missed this altogether. Interesting though because >> that's exactly what I dream about doing to my own bosco bars every time >> use them. Does anyboby know where to find reference to Ron first bending >> his own? Were they aluminum or steel? Mine are steel, and I worry about >> the "dull- bright" Nitto finish cracking if it's plating based. Otherwise, >> I'm comfortable packing them full of sand and taking a tubing bender to >> them. >> On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-7 jmlmu...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> I had a set in my shopping cart and got sidetracked at work and when I >>> checked back an hour later they were sold out :-( >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 9:35:53 PM UTC-8 brendonoid wrote: >>> >>>> I've been waiting since February last year for these bars and have >>>> checked the website at least once a week in that interval. I really wanted >>>> them for a Susie build. >>>> >>>> They are now sold out. >>>> >>>> *sigh* >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/156b75fb-07a2-40af-82a3-0e8b0790ebaan%40googlegroups.com.
