Think twice iamkeith ! The Bosco is-by-design much higher than any bar intended for such bicycles, so to cut a stem just for that one type of bar that is atypical may not be a great idea. You can often find used 56cm Alba's FS in this group. they are more than just one cm. wide at the ends, the flare around the front is more round , and the angle which they go back is slightly less(appears more straight) than the 55cm ones. I have both and one on top of the other it very obvious. Or the Albastache even @55.5cm is more like the 56 Alba minus the extra length back.
But hey, it's your darn bike ! So take all this with a poof of wind :) On Monday, December 28, 2015 at 12:03:21 PM UTC-5, iamkeith wrote: > > I should have added: Being able to swap back and forth between the two > bars, I'm leaning heavily toward the Bosco. The reason I have the > Albatross is that I've tried it on several bikes and just not found a place > where it works for me. It always feels too narrow. But on such a huge bike > as the 59 Clem, the issue is exaggerated even more. I DO understand the > desire to lower the Bosco though. In addition to getting a negative-rise > stem (which doesn't help in your case), I think I'm going to do the > "unthinkable," and cut the steerer tube down a bit. I will probably also > go with a longer (at least 130, probably 140) stem, which will help get > some more lean without having to cut length off the bar and thereby > preclude the third hand position. Food for thought... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
