A terrible thing happened this vacation. I lent my Betty Foy, the bike I swore was perfect in every way possible, to a relative and rode my husband's 52 Clem. I swear I didn't mean to cheat, and it was only a few rides, but alas, I'm now feeling dissatisfied with my Albatross bars and have an unhealthy desire to have whatever those bars on the Clem are. It's so unexpected; as I said, it was just a few rides, but now my bars feel so LOW. They're maxed out as high as I can put them, so what else is there to do? I am leery of changing bars because there are all these SIZES and MEASUREMENTS and talk of the bars being closer to you and top tube length, blah blah. Not a language I speak. I only understand that those are comfortable bars and I want them on my bike, but I don't know which bars and if they will work, and it looks like a lot of work and expense to make the swap. I've thought I may call Riv and chat with them, but I always get starstruck and tongue-tied when I call them.
So, I come to you. I have a 55 Betty with Albatross bars. 1. Can a Bosco-type bar work? What about all this top tube talk? 2. What is really the difference between Bosco and Bullmoose? 3. How do you choose the sizes? 4. Why is the Bullmoose so expensive compared to Bosco? 5. I have a steep uphill commute home from the boys' school. Can you stand up and pedal/climb with a Bosco bar? 6. Am I going to mess up all the other stuff I like about the fit of my Betty if I change bars? If I'm better off calling Riv, I'll do it. But if you have sage advice prior to me making that awkward phone call, I'll take it. Ha! -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
