Deepak, I've used the VO adapter and a 130mm +6 degree rise 4 bolt stem with Albatross bars since 2009 or something. They are what they are, just the quill part of a stem, a long hunk of forged aluminum with a long bolt and expanding wedge inside. The flexibility of changing stems while leaving the bars as-is is priceless. Each style of stem, be it a one or two parts, work fine. The VO adapter + stem is no more/less stiff than any other quill, in case you're wondering. I see no advantage of the Nitto faceplatter over the quill adapter + stem, as I don't weigh parts and a two part combo looks just fine to me. I do have a 135mm faceplater I bought for the Susie, but have not assembled it. I may never use it and go with an adapter + stem instead if either the length isn't right or I don't need it's height. On Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 12:15:32 AM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote:
> This is what you want!: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/185324918808?hash=item2b2639d818:g:jl4AAOSwkUFiIht5 > > > On Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 10:00:46 PM UTC-7 iamkeith wrote: > >> No opinion on the VO adapter, but I'd venture a guess that a 120mm stem >> is still going to be too short. Personal preference and fit will of >> course vary, but I had an alumunium non-bullmoose Bosco bar on my Clem, >> with a 140mm quill stem, and it was just barely long enough. The atlantis >> has a much shorter top tube. (Depending on the vintage of yours, it might >> be MUCH shorter.) 1" quill stems in the 140 -150 mm range from the 80s are >> pretty plentiful and easy to find. Ritchey made a good one. Another tip >> is to get one with a wide clamp, to minimize the bar torsion that feels >> flexy. I know people often cut the end off the bar to make it work when >> it's too close, but I would advise against that too - at least until you've >> had time to try it uncut. The sloped and front horizontal parts are >> interesting as secondary grip positions, but mostly in concept only. >> What's really nice is having that long primary grip position to move around >> on. >> >> On Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 8:25:31 PM UTC-7 atreya...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I recently got a Bosco bar for my Atlantis . The current 80 mm face >>> platter stem I have seems little too short . Wanted to try 120 mm . I was >>> thinking of threadless stem adaptor and getting threadless stem , so that I >>> can swap out the stem for different length if that doesn’t work. Has anyone >>> had experience with VO adapter and stem and how does it compare to nitto . >>> Don’t want to invest /commit to nitto given how expensive they are compared >>> to VO. >>> >>> Cheers , >>> Deepak >>> >> -- 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/ac1acb77-116f-4515-bf3b-b3897d25fa29n%40googlegroups.com.
