My judgement is likely a bit premature. I failed to mention that my Bosco was 550 wide, the ‘moose 580. I did notice the solid feel straight away although the FacePlater is very secure. Nice to have options.:)
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 9, 2022, at 6:37 PM, J J <junes1ju...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a Boscomoose on my Hunq. I guess I'm fortunate that the fixed tilt > angle works very well for me. I had run the regular Bosco with a stem, and it > felt less secure than the triangulated and reinforced Boscomoose, no matter > how tightly I clamped the stem to the bar (and you can only go so tight > anyway). > > So tilt adjustments aside, the Boscomoose feels more stable, stiffer, less > flexy, and certainly has less unwanted movement than the separate bar and > stem combo, especially on bumpy terrain and any riding that requires weight > on the bar. This is probably a much more significant consideration for those > of us who weigh more than 210 than it is for folks lighter than that. > >> On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 5:27:40 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >> I also learned this with the exact bars you're comparing. Bars that can't be >> adjusted for tilt are always a crapshoot and you're probably going to lose >> that bet unless the front end is really slack like a Clem or Gus/Susie. My >> custom IS that slack and they worked ok for me, but I still preferred the >> regular Bosco (which I then sold for a Billie, but that's another thread). >> >> Joe Bernard >> >>> On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 2:11:45 PM UTC-7 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Or, when to leave well enough alone? I recently traded my 650 wide Tosco >>> for a 550 wide Bosco. This worked to let me achieve a higher bar without >>> exposing more stem & even gave me the flexibility of lowering the stem a >>> smidge. The narrower width gave me a more natural feeling wrist angle and >>> overall felt much more comfortable without loosing any control. I liked it >>> so much that it really made me want to try a Boscomoose. >>> I am really interested in any others thoughts who may have compared the >>> Bosco & Boscomoose. My observations; even though the "extension" of the >>> 'moose is 120mm vs. my Faceplater's 135mm, there is in reality only 5mm >>> difference. This I assume is due to the upward angle of the Faceplater >>> extension - effectively shortening it. In any event the reach to the bar >>> ends is quite different. With the exact 120mm of exposed stem the bar ends >>> of the 'moose are nearly 2" higher than the Bosco! This I presume is mostly >>> due to the more horizontal & fixed angle nature of the grip areas - they do >>> not tilt down very much. >>> I will probably play with these a bit more but unless I stumble on to some >>> adjustment magic I will be returning to the Bosco / Faceplater combo. I had >>> really high hopes for the Boscomoose because it just looks so cool. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/39ad9b27-f20a-4aaf-9f51-9212732a4c52n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/17FEA1BA-7085-4724-98AE-6E918EF97439%40gmail.com.
