I've got wood

Ugly as a war wound, for one. For two, they cost the eyes out of your head. For three, unless you're a Cat 1 racer, they're for poseurs. For four, they're ugly as a war wound.

Lastly, you'll never get any sort of warm-n-fuzzy feeling knowing you're controlling something you power with your self with something you made yourself. Something doesn't have to boil an egg or dig a hole in order to be useful.

Fuck off Swampy...

Do you value your time so cheaply as to think that creating wooden handlebars (good luck with the drops) would be a productive use of your time?

You could be saving the planet...