Replace drop bars & stem?

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I'm trying to figure what needs to be replaced on my bike after my
recent hit & run episode. Since we (bike & me) impacted with the
street on the left side of the bike, the drop bar on the left side is
somewhat bent towards the center, maybe an inch or slightly more. I
assume they are the originals, 10 years old, Nitto aluminum, is it
best to replace or try to bend them back out?
Second, the stem is also assumed to be the original, Alico YC
chromoly. I see two welds on the stem...they look OK, but could there
have been stress from the impact transferred through the bars to
loosen those welds? Is it wise to replace the stem also?

RS wrote:
Replace the bars. Cost $20-$40 off ebay.
Replace the stem. Cost $20 or so.

Have the bars or stem break, do a face plant.
Hospital cost + multiple operations $20,000 - $100,000+ or
Funeral costs plus plot $15,000 or so.

Personally I'd replace the bars and stem.

Not only! My donated corpse agreement has a rejection clause for
significant damage which may stick one's relatives with disposal expenses.
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Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

You're right, additional cause if death occurs. Sort of slightly tilts that cost
analysis scale to shelling out the $50-$60 for new bars and stem. But to
each his own.

philcycles Wrote:
On Mar 5, 1:21 am, meb
wrote:

I'd expect the stem is so much stronger than those bars, there
wouldn't
be much damage the bars could impat to the stem. But, steering
control
loss could be catastrophic. Another option might be to take the
stem
to a machine shop and have them magnaflux the stem to see if there
are
any unseen stresses-I'm guessing $10-25 would be the charge.

Aluminum fails with little or no warning- should be a no-brainer on
replacing the bars. Particularly since they've been bent.

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meb

Magnaflux is for ferrous metals. Dye penetretnant-Zyglo-for aluminium.
Phil Brown

Chromoly is a steel alloy-it is a ferrous metal. The stem is not
aluminum.


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meb