VO bars were originally made by Nitto. For the past few years VO bars have been made by another company, and not in Japan. VO bars are still very nice bars from my experience. Nitto does make the Grand Bois bars and stems. Gabe
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:59:56 PM UTC-7, danmc wrote: > > My left bank bars from a few years back were not stamped nitto but they > are nitto made. Quality was good but not finished as well as the nitto > branded stuff or the grand bois bars. But that finish is part of the cost. > > > > On Mar 12, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Peter Morgano <uscpet...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > I just dont know if the production runs nowadays are made by Nitto or not. > Under manufacturer it just says "Velo Orange" I do have a set of H-bars I > got from them a couple of years ago in the basement and they dont say > "Nitto" on them anywhere. I mean the price was right so I didnt care but > just want to put it out there that these might not be the quality you > expect from Nitto bars. > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:44 PM, René Sterental > <orth...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Nice to know they are also made by Nitto. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Dan McNamara >> <djmcn...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Here the the original VO announcement for the Left Bank. >>> >>> http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-french-style-handlebars.html >>> >>> The VO bars I have used have been nice. I don't like the finish as much >>> as the Nitto dull bright but I used tape or leather grips on them so who >>> cares. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:49 PM, René Sterental >>> <orth...@gmail.com<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Any experience comparing both? VOs seem to be about half the price. >>>> Also, polished alloy vs. chromoly? >>>> >>>> I recall having read somewhere that cromoly bars, although a bit >>>> heavier, will last longer and be safer than aluminum handlebars. Also >>>> wondering how the aluminum Bosco compares with the Chromoly one in all >>>> departments except weight. >>>> >>>> When do you choose chromoly vs. aluminum assuming you have both options? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> René >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>>> . >>>> Visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
