"ff" wrote in message
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I have solid aluminum handlebars on my offroad motorcycle. They are 7/8
inch
diameter and virtually indestructable. If you go this route, I
recommend rounding
the edges of the hole that the seatpost slides into with a file.
Probably should do
that anyway, it prevents a stress riser.

Fred


If you go with aluminum and the frame is steel be sure to use some grease on
the portion of the seatpost inserted into the frame. Bimetal fusion as it
is called in bike shop lingo corrodes the two metals over time making it
difficult to impossible to separate the two. Anyone remember the Bicology
Catalogs?

Kent