My beloved Kona Dew, the $400 bike with the $100 pedals, turns 3 months next week. So, it gets to go back to Recycled Cycles for it's check-up and tune-up.

Now, I won't belabor the obvious difficulty the commuter-mobile has been having due to stretching cables and such. Growing pains. I can dig it.

I've got bigger fish to fry... or wider fish.

Those darn flat bars are wide enough for Bigfoot! If I close my eyes and just reach out to grab, I have 2-3 inches on each side to get rid of. I know that drop bars are supposed to be the same width as your shoulders, is the same true for flat bars?

I was thinking of having the guys hack off 1 1/2 inches from each side, thinking that I can always chop off more later if I need to. Cutting off too much might not be cool.

Anybody have any tips or tricks with flat bars?