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[safety_in_numbers]

does anyone have the tools to do it?

[brokebike]

all you need is one of these:


or one of these:


and about 5 minutes of your time.

Honestly, I prefer the pipe cutter over the two, especially the cheap ones that you can buy at the hardware store for like, $4. I've never had any difficulty in using them, even in the bends of the bars. I like the nice even cut it gives without much effort involved. If you're chopping some cheap-ass old steel bars, and you dull the crap out of the cutter, you're not out much money ...and if you can still use them for all your plumbing and pipe-cutting needs, even better!
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[safety_in_numbers]

true i didnt know what it would cost to get a pipe cutter.... cheap enough for me i guess

[Ben]

I have a chop saw, which has made a few bullhorns already. Let me know if you wanna use it. It only takes a few minutes to cut both sides.

[willard]

I think the hardest part about this job is chopping the bars in the same spot on each side becasue it is tricky to use measuring tape on the curved bars. I always mark one side in the spot where I want to make the cut and make a template out of something flexible (a strip of paper, string, etc) that is the same length as the section to be removed and use it to mark the other side.

I also clamp the bars in a vice or to a table so that I have a reference point in order to make the cuts at a consitent angle.

Keep in mind that the cut will probably leave a sharp edge, so I would have a file or sandpaper ready, too.

[brokebike]

the good thing about using a pipe cutter, is that once you've cut one side off - assuming that you've made sure to try to get it even on both sides - the angle of the cut will be the same no matter what because of how the cutter wheel stays perpendicular to the surface of the bars.

and, like Will stated above, make sure you file the outside and inside lip of the cut... otherwise, over time, the sharp edge will just cut into your bar wrapping and it could come undone before you want it to.
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[Myke Dronez]

chopped bars are cheap and easy for a beater but your hands and wrists will thank you for a real set of bullhorns- don't be such a conformist, hell just keep the drops-
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[safety_in_numbers]

it has nothing to do with conformity man. cheap,easy and effective. sounds like my kinda deal