Hi Jim, Before I traded away my Bosco bars one thing I did find that helped make them a little more useful was to tilt them back/down a bit more and install some old road brake hoods (with lever removed) at the outer curve, essentially creating more of a ramp/hood position in front of the shifters. this helped stop/prevent sliding forward too far and created a more purposeful second grip area. I’ve seen some pics of others doing the same with those diacompe knob grips. I still found the 55cm a little too narrow and much prefer the wider flare and backsweep of the 66cm Jones loop... which seems to be more consistent with the other bars you are now considering vs Bosco. But should you find yourself going back to Bosco I thought I’d share that mod that worked well for me despite the width issue.
Regarding the shifting... I have experienced some ghost shifts and other finickiness with the stock Clem shifters but otherwise love the positioning and placement so I’ve managed to accept it for now but I’ll also likely consider moving to an indexed rear in the future if there is an indexed thumb shifter that will mount on the existing pod so I’ll be curious what you end up changing it to. Best, Brian Cole Lawrenceville NJ -- 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.
