Wavie is a good idea. Does anyone have experience with the wider version (75 cm)?
On Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 9:33:09 PM UTC-4 Mr. Ray wrote: > I don't ride a Gus but used the heat treated 580mm bosco with the v-stem. > For a more aggressive and less upright position, I switched to a 660mm heat > treated Wavie bar (has the same clamp sleeve as Bosco). Works very well > for me. Below is a collage from some old pics. Top photo is the Bosco and > the bottom is the Wavie. This should give you an idea of the Wavie's sweep > and width: > > [image: collage.jpg] > > > > > > On Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 1:24:45 PM UTC-4 Josh C 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/ce6577a3-ab26-4792-a73d-831ab812c8f7n%40googlegroups.com.
