Idea for a different shape of drop handlebar

I had no idea I'd get this much interest. There is definitely something here if it's striking up a discussion to much more extent than I expected.

Your chopped bars are probably aluminum fillet brazing them will be a diffrent matter. I don't know if you'd use bass still as the filler metal, I suspect not.

They're steel, so shouldn't be a problem.

I actually think this is quite a good idea. It would do (for hand positions) exactly what road handlebars + hoods do, but without superfluous brake levers or those fucking shite dummy stumps suggested above.

I would however add that the CAD illustration given does not look like it has enough room for the fore finger underneath the horn when using the bullhorn/hoods position. I think it needs some careful thought to make it a useful, elegant idea.

No, that's a solution. Bike Destroyer is looking to try something new.

Cheers, I'm glad people can see where I'm coming from and that I'm trying to find something new/different/a solution to a problem I have found for myself.

i like it
im picking up a pair of drops tomorrow
so i might use my old ones (and my schools tech lab)
and try this out
i really like the idea

You'll need two pairs of steel bars. The first pair you cut to get enough bar for the horns, but then you need the second pair because the first pair don't leave you with enough drop.

why not stick some oldschool mtb-bar ends on the end of the bullhorns pointing down?

like these perhaps?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Onza-Old-School-Bar-Ends-Single-Speed_W0QQitemZ170442532504QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20100208?IMSfp=TL100208202007r30356

That does sound like a quick easy way to try the method. Problem being that you're not likely to find a pair of mtb bar ends the right shape to work as drops.