Nice bike, Dave. I kind of interpreted it the same way as you. The caveat being that not all old mtbs are created equal, and it probably works better the older they are. By '88 / '89 or so, the frame angles had gotten so steep, owing to NORBA fashion, that they required a good portion of the rider's weight to be distributed to the handlebars. At least that's what Ive concluded when trying to turn them into more upright riders. They just feel twitchy without weight on the front.
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 9:27:27 AM UTC-7 DavidP wrote: > Yes, I always guessed it was talking about rise and assuming the use of a > long stem. > > My townie is an old Univega MTB that is a bit small for me that is setup > with a Bosco and 120mm stem. The use of a sprung saddle helps with the seat > post height and the Bosco helps with the stem height. The result is very > upright when on the grips, but I can slide my hands forward on the bars to > lean forward a bit. I've tried a bunch of configurations with this bike and > like this setup the best but the overall feel is still not quite as good as > a larger bike with swept back bars (I've been spoiled by my Platypus). > > -Dave > > On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 11:39:46 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> Yeah the second one has never made sense. It'll get your bars up high on >> a bike with a tiny headtube but said bike will also have a short toptube. >> >> On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 6:12:32 PM UTC-8 peter...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone >>> >>> The rivbike page for the Bosco handlebars mentions this - >>> >>> "Here’s its best use: >>> - Longish top tube bikes and upright riding. Mountain bike conversions >>> to supa-comfee cruisers. >>> - Making too-small bikes fit and feel better." >>> >>> I think I understand the first use - since the handlebar reaches far >>> back it would make long reach bikes easier to fit. How do you make sense of >>> the second one? Wouldn't it make the small bikes feel smaller? Or perhaps >>> the reference is to the handlebars rise and not reach? >>> >>> Thanks for your thoughts, >>> Peter >>> >> -- 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/4ff3b6dd-6211-4a9a-891f-1cdbc9a1cdfdn%40googlegroups.com.
