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.
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On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 2:47:43 PM UTC-5 Mackenzy Albright wrote:
I've found boscos to be very lenient with their "fitting". The only time I haven't liked them is when they are way too close. I have yet to have them too far. I find the bar tilt also drastically effects the reach - if that is a thing of concern.
I absolutely love the looks of the V-5 stem. On the bike's I've seen with boscos/loscos and V5's installed I haven't taken much notice. Could always "riv it up" and wrap it with some cotton tape and twine. I haven't had issues with a faceplate chromoly stem and loscos but imagine it'd give the confidence of the boscomoose.
Two separate questions. Regarding the Bosco; I am curious how others approach the Bosco from a fit perspective. I love mine on my Clem. Its a 540 wide and came with a 135 FacePlater. Mine is positioned with the tips between 2"-3" above the saddle nose. With the 135 stem those tips come back perhaps not as far as most folks? When pedaling, the tips do not come back far enough to cross an imaginary line between my knee caps. Turning the bar the tips do cross this line but the bars are high enough to pass over the knees - no contact. I fiddled with this a lot when I got the bike and the way I have it really works well for me. I am just curious how other folks have these handlebars set up particularly on a Gus / Susie? Thanks in advance for sharing.Regarding the V--5 stem, I just really like it & am considering using one on my Gus. Any drawbacks? From a purely aesthetic perspective it kind of bothers me that the knurled center portion of the bar is exposed. A minor thing I know...
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