Thanks for the Moonshiner compliments! Patrick - I can't speak to a 4-bolt faceplate threadless. Currently, I have a Bosco with a Technomic on my Simple One, the stem is over-tightened and is now stable without slipping. That said, I'm not sure I'd venture over anything rougher than moderate gravel roads. I should also be clear that I have not tested a Bosco wit the V5, but I can't think of a stronger solution for mating a Bosco with a threadless stem. The folks at Blue Lug are wonderful and assertive designers! Who else would design a stem like the V5? My only slight gripe - the gap left between the two mounting points on the stem is somewhat unsightly, but it leaves a perfect place to mount a battery light or GPS device.
Regarding 700c, the Moonshiner was designed to accept both 650b and 700c, just not sure what the max width at 700c is, and you might run into toe overlap issues. On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 2:22:35 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > I forgot to add: Very nice Moonshiner. And: too bad that the Moonshiner > takes 650Bs and not 700Cs; otherwise I'd be very interested indeed. But > despite Jan's deprecation, in my own not inconsiderable experience, taller > tires do very much float better over sand and more smoothly over small > high-amplitude bumps (eg, washboard) compared to smaller tires; in my own > case, 29 1/2" 700C 60s compared to 27.0" 559 60s at the same pressures. > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 12:14 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Interesting; I just glommed on the V5, which I'd not seen before. It >> seems to be a good design for bars where the moment of force is relatively >> high, like many of the current Rivendell bars. >> >> Curious: I can see how a Technomic would be wholly overwhelmed by a >> Bosco. But what about a wide-faced, 4-bolt single-clamp stem? The only >> examples of these last are the Ritchey 4-bolt faceplate threadless stems I >> have on 2 bikes, but I wonder if these might hold a Bosco in place firmly >> without requiring over tightening of the bolts? >> >> This is not an idle question; I may try a bosco or tosco or some other >> such long sweepback bar on the Monocog 29er, and I'd not want to have to >> buy a new V5 stem as well as a new, expensive, bar. >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 11:45 AM greenteadrinkers <greentea...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I love the V5, here are some pictures of the v5 with a Choco on my >>> Moonshiner. If I was going to use a non-moose Bosco on a Gus, I would only >>> use a v5, I had a non-moose Bosco with a Technomic on my Sam, and had to >>> use a shim, the bar would slip unless I tightened the stem as hard down as >>> absolutely possible. Now I have a Bosco Moose on the Sam, perfection! So... >>> 100% no go Bosco/Technomic for off-road roughstuff unless mated with a v5, >>> I say this from experience. An aside, if you order a v5 from Blue Lug check >>> out the brass spacers or the Nitto spacers, both are fabricated to mate >>> perfectly with the v5. >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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/f74df7a5-e1d8-46a0-b261-1e2b1316744cn%40googlegroups.com.
