Nice bars, traditional diameter

Hello,

I'm building a fixie with an old set of forks... which only seems to accomodate a traditional stem, and thus traditional diameter bars.

I have some rather lovely bars that I bought some time ago, but they're oversized, and so won't fit.

LBS suggests taking some bars and hacksawing them, but the geometry doesn't look right to me.

Does anyone know of a source of cow-horn-like bars but not oversized?

S.

First thing first.

what do you mean oversized? as in 26mm, or the literally oversized one with a 31.8mm clamp diameter?

two - you can use a different stem.

You can always use a quill to ahead converter, with a modern stem and the bars you want.

What exactly do you mean by traditional or oversized?
26mm is the 'traditional' drop bar standard, 31.8 is modern oversized, but cinelli made bars in 26.4 until the 1990s and bars were made in 25.4 as well.

Nitto make a couple of bullhorn bars in 26mm clamp diameter, which is the one you are most likely to need, and the one that most quill ('traditional') road stems will fit.
http://www.hubjub.co.uk/nitto/nitto.htm

what do you mean oversized? as in 26mm, or the literally oversized one with a 31.8mm clamp diameter?

Literally oversized... the bars are Bontrager Bullhorn 31.8mm (just looked)

two - you can use a different stem.
Hmm. LBS said they couldn't find a stem that would fit inside the forks, that would accomodate oversized bars. Don't know how hard they looked, though.

Quill to ahead converter, about a Tenner... then fill yer boots. (you'll need the right length-angle and size stem for your bars

Or get a bullhorn bar that fit your stem, you should return that Bontrager handlebar and buy a 26mm clamp size bullhorn bar.