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Step 10Handlebars
Next step is to fit the handlebars.
You have three choice with the handlebars
1. Use the existing handlebars. In my case, they're racing drop-handlebars, so they're not suitable.
2. Make your own. If you have some steel tubing you can either make your own bars using a pipe bender or by cutting and welding into the right shape
3. Use other bars. I had some scrap motorcycle handlebars, so I decided to use these.
Step 1. The clamp.
I used the seat from the donor bike, and removed the seat clamp from underneath the saddle.
Picture 1 shows the seat clamp loosely assembled around the handlebars. It's a pretty good fit so we'll go with these.
Picture 2: Next we position on of the seat clamp grips onto our top plate we made earlier.
Picture 3: Tack weld the seat clamp plate to the top plate
Picture 4: Weld the seat clamp to the top plate and assemble the seat clamp around the handlebars.
We now have a fully adjustable handlebar clamp.
You have three choice with the handlebars
1. Use the existing handlebars. In my case, they're racing drop-handlebars, so they're not suitable.
2. Make your own. If you have some steel tubing you can either make your own bars using a pipe bender or by cutting and welding into the right shape
3. Use other bars. I had some scrap motorcycle handlebars, so I decided to use these.
Step 1. The clamp.
I used the seat from the donor bike, and removed the seat clamp from underneath the saddle.
Picture 1 shows the seat clamp loosely assembled around the handlebars. It's a pretty good fit so we'll go with these.
Picture 2: Next we position on of the seat clamp grips onto our top plate we made earlier.
Picture 3: Tack weld the seat clamp plate to the top plate
Picture 4: Weld the seat clamp to the top plate and assemble the seat clamp around the handlebars.
We now have a fully adjustable handlebar clamp.
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