Guys, thanks for the recommendations. I appreciate it. Buying and swapping a bunch of bars & stems can get pretty expensive and time-consuming.
Vic, the MM looks nice. It's $, but that's ok if it's "the solution". Do you know the clamp diameter by chance? Richard, Thanks for the rec and the pics of that killer bike of yours. Something like the albacore might fit the bill, but there are plenty of options if I swap stems. In fact, loads of options at 31.8 & 35mm, but I'd like to keep that stem on there if I can. It feeds that '90s MTB vibe for me. I will keep this in mind, but welcome other options and experiences. On Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 5:20:16 PM UTC-4 Richard Rose wrote: > Josh, I fully understand your affinity for the V stem. I set up my Gus > similarly. Same stem with the 580 wide aluminum Bosco. I loved it but felt > it was not up to my singletrack riding. I changed to a Hope Cyclery > Albacore handlebar. Unfortunately (I thought) this necessitated changing > the stem due to much less backsweep. The Albacore is 785 wide with roughly > 50 degree sweep. It has some rise (20mm?) and a nice forward sweep before > sweeping back. It’s a 22.2 bar - no enlarged clamp area. The perfect stem > for this is a Paul Boxcar 7/8” (22.5) x 35mm. This change has resulted in a > totally different bike. Perfect for my bikepacking adventures & really > superb on singletrack. The V stem could have worked with shims, but it was > just too long. I sold it for what I paid for it. By the way, on singletrack > the Bosco did slip even with the V stem. My current setup does not budge. > Not the answer you are looking for but thought I’d share. > [image: image2.jpeg][image: image1.jpeg] > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 20, 2025, at 1:24 PM, Josh C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > I’m looking for bar suggestions for my Gus. Hoping to tap into the > collective wisdom of this list. > > > The tricky thing is that I’d like to keep that stem in the pic, because > it’s awesome, so the bar has to have a either a 25.4 or 26 mm, and a 100mm > clamp area similar to the Bosco bar in the pic above (even tho the caliper > was set to freedom units for the pic). The Bosco bars are nice, but I’d > like to use this bike for bikepacking and light MTB trails and would prefer > something a bit wider with less sweep/rise. > > > I know the Ortho bar would work, given it's long clamp area, but I have > them on two bikes already, and they have more backsweep than I’d prefer. Do > you know of or have positive experience with a mountain touring type bar > with the desired specs above? If so, I’d love to hear from you. > > > [image: 8B9DFC08-73A3-41BC-923A-756720ADF553 Large.jpeg] > > -- > > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1263838d-cbb3-4758-b8fe-ec8bcacd30e8n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1263838d-cbb3-4758-b8fe-ec8bcacd30e8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > <8B9DFC08-73A3-41BC-923A-756720ADF553 Large.jpeg> > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a7802c1d-93cc-4e51-af48-ecd96a2360ean%40googlegroups.com.
