It's worth noting for anyone wanting to test the general gist of Ron's Ortho bars without the price or hassle of tracking them down - I can say from experience that the widest Toscos sold by Rivendell (the 65cm, 38.1 version) are very, very similar to Ron's Ortho bars. Aside from the clamp diameter (you'd need a 38.1 faceplate stem), weight, and flex... but if you were looking to get a nearly identical riding position and width, Toscos would get you there.
I put Orthos on my Gus for a few months, but found them to be a bit too flexy for rougher trail riding. I swapped back to my Toscos after a few rides on mtn bike trails. I'm keeping them though, because I may use them on a future build. If you love crust orthos, you can have Doom make you a modified copy that will fit your Sam they can bump them forward 30mm or so. I have a scaled up version of an Albatross on one of my bikes and it’s fantastic. I was feeling indulgent with myself and I had them made in titanium. I have an exact steel replica of an Ortho on my Gus, but with that frame there aren’t any fit issues. -- 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/b5329fc3-c106-4e03-b7bf-a8cf0253bee0n%40googlegroups.com.
