Who wants to see ‘em? I didn’t know they existed and found them accidentally while shopping for Boscos for my littler son. What happened was...
1. I moved E, my 14 year old, up from his 45 Clem H to our 52 Clem H, which had the original Bosco Bullmoose bars. E hated the Bullmoose bars because they mess with his bag placement. He asked for his old Bosco bars back. Ok, fine... 2. My little son, L, (11) then got the 45 Clem H and had *no* bars. Upon perusing Rivendell’s website, I found BABY Boscos! They sounded pretty perfect to me - 49 cm instead of 52. I got him a 10 cm stem, which was all they had. The bars were supposed to be for stokers on the Hubbah Hubbahs, but why can’t they work for a child? L is small for his age and when we rode with the 52 bars he was nervous when got to the posts at the start of the MUP. He really didn’t believe he could fit between them with his wide bars. “MY BIKE IS BIG-BONED!!!” he shrieked. He fit just fine of course, but the 52 bars are a big jump from his flat bars. He felt wobbly and didn’t think he could stand up and pedal, which he loves to do. I think the Baby Boscos will help with that unsteady feeling. I received and installed the Baby Boscos today, and they’re little. I don’t think they come back as far as regular Boscos do - the placement of the brake levers and shifters hits the curve of the bar. I’m including some photos so you can see how these bars fit a child. We won’t have any in-depth reviews for you because L isn’t even committing to this Clem yet. It’s a little big for him (he can’t stand over the top tube) so he only goes on easy rides with it. When he goes on adventures down the mountain to meet his buddy, he takes his old Hotrock (in service to the Peterson family since 2013!). Regarding which bike he was taking, he said, “Mom, I can’t take that bike [the Clem]. Not for the aggressive biking I’m going to be doing.” 🤣🤣🤣 Grant Petersen would be so discouraged. Let’s not tell him. Anyway, L rode up and down our street, handed the Clem back to me and said, “I just like my Hotrock bars better. I wish we could put those on the Clem.” 🙄🙄🙄 So, there’s the first Baby Bosco bar review we have. I don’t think I’ll put that on Riv’s website. Photos in next post because Google Groups won’t allow it here... Leah -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bc1c357e-c357-465b-83de-bff5af64fd0do%40googlegroups.com.
