Thanks, Andrew. That's all the "permission structure" I need. Now I must consider:
"more beauty" - standard 190mm quill with Bosco vs "more versatility" - 225mm quill adapter + 0-degree-threadless with Bosco-or-Tosco-or-Albatross-or-maybe-even-Billie Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean who likes a high bar On Monday, August 11, 2025 at 9:13:01 PM UTC-5 Andrew Letton wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I used a 58cm aluminum Bosco with Nitto shims on a Nitto Lugged stem on my > Bombadil and never had any slipping issues, even in (not crazy) off-road > use. > cheers, > Andrew in Sydney > > > > On Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 12:06:13 PM GMT+10, '[email protected]' > via RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, all. > > I saw something somewhere on the mighty webbernet that suggested that it > was a bad idea to use a stem-with-a-shim with a Bosco bar. I recall no > explanation being given. I can easily imagine, though, that the leverage of > the Bosco' might problematically encourage undesirable rotation. Or perhaps > there's some other problem I'm not seeing. > > Anyway, does anyone have any experience with a Bosco mounted via a shimmed > stem? > > I'm contemplating using a Bosco (or something like it) with a Nitto lugged > stem. As far as I know, there is no 25.4mm Nitto lugged stem and there is > no 26.0mm Bosco bar. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > who likes lugs and suffers from "handlebar n+1" disease > > -- > 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/7194d4a3-a5a3-41e4-adc1-6c9404aa2604n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7194d4a3-a5a3-41e4-adc1-6c9404aa2604n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/4e7d9ddd-e5cd-4bf3-8e97-c270ffb32532n%40googlegroups.com.
