hi Joe, I have had a set of these for a couple years now, and they have lived on several bikes. Now they're on my new Clem Smith L, which is my most mountain-bikey Rivendell. I love these bars for rough riding chunky dirt stuff--they inspire more confidence than a drop or swept-back bar IMO, and the triangulation of the bullmoose feels very rigid and strong. I have tried similar setups that achieve a similar fit as these Bullmooses but with a regular stem and bar (non-moose), and typically find them too flexy (to an annoying degree). This is why I love the Bullmooses so much, at least for mountain bike rides.
However contrarily I could see some people finding the bullmooses too stiff. Also, they would certainly bore me for road rides only. I'd recommend them for the fatter-tire rivendells (hunq/atlantis/joe appa/clem smith). They'd be fine, but perhaps not amazing on a Sam or a skinny-tire cheviot, for example. All this being said, just get some and try them out. They're a good investment. On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 8:05:40 AM UTC-7, Joe G. wrote: > > I have been curious for awhile to know other riv riders experiences with > the riv standard bullmoose bars (non-bosco). > > What do you like/dislike about them? What type of riding do you do with > them? Would they be silly to use for majority pavement/road riding like I > do here in SE Michigan? I love the look and function for when I'm able to > get out to local trails. But I've noticed occasionally online that some > riders swap out their bullmoose bars after only a few months. I have ridden > Albatross and Noodles on my Sam, and wonder if bullmoose bars would be > frustrating with the limited hand positions. > > Would love to know everyone's thoughts! > > Joe in Detroit > -- 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.
