For anyone who missed it, Ron's email update included a bit on the
availability, quick sale and re-stock of the back bars:
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That brings me to the mild outcry over the rapid sell through of Uncle
Ron’s Orthopedic Back bar. There is a narrative swirling around the
internet that we do this sorta thing on purpose —- if we were only that
smart. This is a short story about a small business with medium
popularity.
I generally prototype new products in my barn. In the case of these
handlebars, i used a nitto bosco as a blank and bent them to where i liked
it best. I call up Matt from Crust and convince him to make them — where
he generally trusts me with baked in reluctance. Adam Sklar digitally
draws them up for me —- and its off to the best handlebar factory in Taiwan
who also happen to make Renthal’s motocross bars. So these handlebars are
gonna take a while to make. In normal times, 3-6 months is normal …. as
things sit now, you are lucky to have a turn around under 18 months.
So there you are with a high performance geriatric handlebar design
wondering how many you should order based on what kind of demand there will
be in 18 months… will we even be here??? Fuck! Okay, 90 sounds about right.
90 it was. 90 gone in an afternoon. More than 90 on order now…. you
guessed it …. 18 months away. Hope you still want them!
On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 7:47:17 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
> Mine came in today, and let me just say, I wish I ordered two. They are
> fantastic!
> On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 3:43:07 PM UTC-7 Andrew Huston wrote:
>
>> If anyone has buyers remorse, let me know and I'll take a set off your
>> hands. I lingered and lost.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 12:46:23 PM UTC-5 John Phillips wrote:
>>
>>> Eric, thanks for the link to the interview.
>>>
>>> That is a beautiful bike. From the side, this set up looks a lot like my
>>> Hunqapillar with Alba's. I'm hoping a Nitto NP stem will get the Ortho bars
>>> down low enough as my saddle is a lot closer to the frame than Uncle Ron's
>>> saddle is. If the bars slip in the NP stem slips, I may try a 4 bolt Wendy
>>> stem.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 11:46:17 AM UTC-8 [email protected]
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Because everything is better with pics – drive-side view as described
>>>> by John ;) I love how beat to shit this bike is, the mismatched Paul
>>>> brakes, the silver, the purple. Is the fork a replacement? The article
>>>> says
>>>> he's running a 38-20 double with an extra ring as bashguard. Ummmmmm
>>>> that's
>>>> groovy.
>>>>
>>>> There's a recent interview w. Ron on the Blue Lug site
>>>> <https://bluelug.com/contents/ultraromance-interview/>. He mentions
>>>> there might be an aluminum bike like this in the early development stages
>>>> with Crust.
>>>>
>>>> [image: Ronnies-DURALCAN-S-Works-Stumpjumper-M2-4.jpg]
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 1:20:07 PM UTC-5 John Phillips wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 69cm is just more than minimal width for my shoulders & wrists. But
>>>>> I'm praying these bars aren't TOO flexy for me, and that pairing with a
>>>>> long, low stem will give me some breathing room.
>>>>>
>>>>> In those Radavist photos, I noticed Uncle Ron has his stem down below
>>>>> his saddle, and is gripping those bars at the inside end of those grips.
>>>>>
>>>>> My intuition is telling me a bullmoose version of these bars with a
>>>>> 170mm quill would fit my Hunqapillar better.
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>
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