Thanks, Garth. Funny - this thread isn't even that old, and I've changed several things since posting. I guess I really am a chronic cockpit tinkerer. Related to the original question, I did move my boscomoose back to my Clem, now that I have it back. Even though I'd still like the stem to be longer, they continue to be the best bar on that bike. [I did have a 140 ritchey stem (25.4 quill) and aluminum boscos years ago when I first built that bike and it fit better, but the stiffness of the moose version still makes it the best compromise.]
I moved my tosco to the Susie pictured above with a 130mm faceplater stem. Once again, a longer stem would be even better, but this was still a huge improvement on that bike relative to the boscomoose. Wider, less bent back, less rise (on a frame that has a super-talll headtube already.) Thumbshifters work better in the normal/outer position on toscos than boscos, but I left them inside and reversed for now. I put some Ron's Orrtho bars on the bike that previously had toscos. In this case, black/threadless is actually ideal. But... 31.8 doesnt work without a shim. I might try this anyway. The best 26.0 stem I was able to find was 130mm. Somewhere, I posted pics showing how similar the ortho ant tosco are. On Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 11:58:12 AM UTC-6 Garth wrote: > Hey Keith I was looking at stems today and was reminded that Zipp makes > 140mm and 150mm 31.8 threadless stems +/-6d. Black only, but those can be > altered if you really want silver. I'm not into playing with chemicals > myself so I'd seek out a auto/moto paint/body shop that has a media blaster > for aluminum. > On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8:29:27 PM UTC-4 iamkeith wrote: > >> About to take Susie out for an evening ride, I just remembered that the >> slope of the bars is better than when it's on the Clem because the >> slightly slacker headube angle. When I had the adjustable kind, I still >> liked them a bit more sloped than this though >> On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 10:41:14 AM UTC-6 Paul Richardson wrote: >> >>> howdy folks >>> >>> i've been doing the best digging i can and cannot seem to wrangle very >>> many pictures of rivs with boscomoose bars. have you tried them? did you >>> like them? i ride big bikes, so i'm not too concerned about knee strike on >>> the bar-ends, which i gather can be a drawback for some. their fixedness >>> obviously makes for a riskier purchase than separate stem+bars, so i'd love >>> to hear your experience before i take the plunge! >>> >>> thanks in advance >>> paul >>> takoma park, md. >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f311fa5c-cda6-4636-b5f1-edf5ca75e42an%40googlegroups.com.
