Smart idea?

Garrett B

Garrett B

Steel Member
I'm going to make some T-bars and I want them to be 22 wide and 25 tall. I realize at that height and width normal T bars can not possibly withstand the torque of riding and will eventually bend albeit the crossbar or downtube. So I was thinking because I ride baby scs...that I can get a bigger inner-diameter of tubing than the normal .058 thick wall. I was going to get .065 because that is the next biggest size down from .095 which is way too thick and heavy for bars. I will also be getting the crossbar in thickness .065. I was wondering if any of you have made bars before would this be a good idea? I don't want it to be too heavy but I don't mind a little weight. Thanks for any replies. Sorry for the essay lol
 
Robert Reichley

Robert Reichley

Bronze member
yea thats a good idea.. it should work fine.. I mean, you might not be able to ever sell them or use them with any other type of compression haha..
 
Hep Greg

Hep Greg

Administrator
.65 is the standard tube thickness for bars. you dont need thicker bars to ride those dimensions, i ride the same ones. my bars are fine.
 
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Broccoli1

Bronze member
Scooter Bar Specs

Aluminum bars
Inside diameter of 1-1/8 inch and outside diameter of 1-3/8 inch.
Fit threaded forks with 1-1/8 inch steerer, thread-less forks with ICS
and Oversized 1-3/8 inch clamp or thread-less forks with full size SCS compression.
Do NOT fit HIC compression.

Oversized (HIC) bars
Oversized bars have an inside diameter of 1-1/4 inch and an outside diameter of 1-3/8 inch. They fit on thread-less forks with HIC or full size SCS compression only.

Standard Size bars
These bars have a standard inside diameter of 1-1/8 inch and an outside diameter of 1-1/4 inch. They fit threaded and thread-less forks with a steerer diameter of 1-1/8 inch and require a 1-1/4 inch clamp or SCS compression clamp.


OS BARS 1-3/8” X .065 STEER TUBE 7/8” X .065 CROSSBAR
STANDARD BARS 1-1/4” X .065 STEER TUBE
CROSS BAR 7/8” X .065
** SOME USE .083 FOR THE CROSSBAR

The .083 will give you a stronger Crossbar
 
Garrett B

Garrett B

Steel Member
bump on this. I now have a little money to make myself a pair so i want t bars but I want them to be 22 wide and NEVER bend because I'm planning on keeping these bars for a year and more.
The thickest I can get without too thick is .095 for the top bar, and then the dowtube would just be standard .065. Would this be too heavy? Anyone one else have some .095 they could way and tell me how much an inch weighs?
 
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Broccoli1

Bronze member
Garrett B said:
bump on this. I now have a little money to make myself a pair so i want t bars but I want them to be 22 wide and NEVER bend because I'm planning on keeping these bars for a year and more.
The thickest I can get without too thick is .095 for the top bar, and then the dowtube would just be standard .065. Would this be too heavy? Anyone one else have some .095 they could way and tell me how much an inch weighs?
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Weight/lineal foot: 0.6615 pounds

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=9879&step=4&showunits=inches&id=250&top_cat=197

look on the top right, that is where I got the info. You can click on the other sizes and to compare weight
 
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