I don't think anyone here is qualified to say it's safe based on a photo. Personally, I wouldn't ride an old bent bar. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:34:02 AM UTC-7, Davidbea wrote: > While waiting for the Nitto randonneur bar I ordered from my LBS to > arrive- one of thre options I’m considering for my new Homer build- I > stopped by the bike coop and found this bar: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8591612115/in/photostream > > It’s labelled GB and British Made. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8592703534/in/set-72157633092067433 > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8592699168/in/set-72157633092067433 > > When the Nitto I lined the two up and noticed, besides an unfortunate bend > at the right end, it is almost exactly the same. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8592696840/in/set-72157633092067433/lightbox/ > > Is this the bar the Nitto is patterned after? Would it be okay to put a > pipe in the bar end to ‘correct’ the errant right end. Would it be safe > now or corrected? > > BTW I am 62 years old and 150 lbs so wouldn’t be adding a lot of stress to > it. > > David Hays > > Kenmore, New York > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
