Re: [RBW] Re: Proper(?) fitting of a Bosco or similar handlebar & Nitto V5 stem

[Richard Rose]

A couple of observations. I had a 650 Tosco with 135 FacePlater on the Clem. That particular bar has bulged 31.8 clamp area. That handlebar did not budge. It never slipped & I never needed to tighten the 4 bolt stem. But, I found the bar to be too wide. So I got the 550 wide Bosco with 25.4 clamp area & 135 FacePlater. That has been very stable also on & off road but it did slip a couple of times on small drops off road. I’ve re-torqued and had no further issues. For my Gus I got the 580 Bosco also 25.4 but that one is a sleeved aluminum bar. I figured the V5 stem would be my best chance for no slippage ridden aggressively off road. When I put it together I used carbon paste which I’ve read aids in slip prevention. I am hopeful.:) Sent from my iPhone On Feb 22, 2023, at 10:00 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:  Now that's interesting; fun video. I was struck by (a) the skinny front tire and (b) by the wide bar. I wish I had such firm, smooth dirt to ride on. A bar like the Losco/Bosco/Tosco/what have you might be very usable if you could set it up for cruising at the curves and use the wide ends only for sketchy technical situations. But: 4-bolt and insufficient; that's instructive. This and other threads about Rivendell widebars slipping in single-clamp stems, 4-bolt, 2-bolt, or 1-bolt, makes me think that Riv should devise its own "Y-clamp" stem. Patrick Moore, resolutely bottom-trimming in ABQ, NM On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 1:46 PM greenteadrinkers <greenteadrink...@gmail.com> wrote: Interesting... was just watching a video via Radavist called "Rivendell Susie Longbolts/Wolbis Slugstone (First Ride) @ Marshall Canyon" at around 6 min 30 seconds in the rider has to stop and tighten his quill 4-bolt face plater and manages to break one of the bolts! Looks like the stem is paired with a Losco. Gotta love the "You guys have beach cruisers" comment from a passerby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbD6sgowP58&t=407s -- 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/CALuTfgtD5%2BLnLgFu%2B%2BusAPoKUm8aBLpH-XhB-d8q%2BJHVitvFUQ%40mail.gmail.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/83456CD6-E650-4DF1-A4A8-983FDF00D1A1%40gmail.com.