Double groove handlebars silver

[hillspecial]

Hi,

does anyone know of any {NOS?} silver double groove drop bars for sale anywhere - loo on lots of websites - all black bars though.

I'm building up a retro-ish bike with all silver componets - 95% of the bars are coverd in tape I know - but still want silver , I've got a cople of pairs of black bars.

Using with ergo levers , hence need double groove.

Ta

Hillspecial.

[gilesjuk]

Use a polishing wheel to remove the black.

[hillspecial]

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I'd assumed alu bars are black annodised for hardness, as well as colour, as with rims.

With annodising removed they would be weaker and would soon tarnish?

I may have to stick with black?

[CREPELLO]

I've used single groove bars with Ergo levers on one bike. It helps that I used Specialized gel Bar Phat padding - it means the adjacent cable is less prone. Double groove is nice, but hardly essential IMO.

[goatwarden]

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ?

I'd assumed alu bars are black annodised for hardness, as well as colour, as with rims.

With annodising removed they would be weaker and would soon tarnish?

I may have to stick with black?

Not necessarily, a lot of black bars are painted but not necessarily anodised first, so polishing the black off would almost certainly be the beginning of a lot of regret.

[gilesjuk]

If you're just polishing off the paint then it's fine? I bought some used black bars that had been polished in the middle, the rest will be covered by bar tape.

[ddddddd]

I don't know a supplier, but you might want to try searching for some ITM / ITALMANUBRI. Writing on the bars says:

MOD.
ITALIA
SUPER
TRAINING
MADE
ITALY

Damaged in transit were mine, so you can't use them. Appear to have been a '99 production run.
(They have exactly the same shaped bends as the single groove, ITM "Europa Super Racing".)

[tatanab]

Lots and lots available here http://www.defietsenmaker.nl/index.php? ... =9&lang=EN

[mr riff raff]

Have a look for Pro. They do silver, but I can't remember if they're doubles or not.

[andyinamillion]

look on ebay, there's a set of cinelli with syem item number-300438717829
good luck

[Mick F]

............. Using with ergo levers , hence need double groove.

I use Cinelli bars, the same ones I've had since 1986!

No grooves, nice and silver, and I use Ergos.

With good cork tape and neatly done, who needs grooves?

[RichMoss]

I'd assumed alu bars are black anodised for hardness, as well as colour, as with rims.

With anodising removed they would be weaker and would soon tarnish?

The anodised layer is so thin it has no effect on strength. It is merely cosmetic; I like the Jobst Brandt quote on [url=Sheldon Brown's site]http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/anodized-rims.html[/url] "it acts like a thin coat of paint on a rubber band...
Although he is referring to rims rather than bars, the logic is the same.