[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[JohnS]

Has any one ever rode the Amish Country Century? It's in Delaware, so I 
would think that it would be relatively flat to rolling. Is that true? I 
might be interested in riding it if it is on my QB.

Thanks!
JohnS

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Mike in WA]

I found that my Quickbeam had insufficient reach and had to convert to a 
threadless stem. The bars also wouldn't go high enough, so I used this Soma 
threaded 
to threadless adapter 

 
to get what I wanted. If you got that and whichever of the 100's of 
threadless stems available you'd be rocking on the Jones bars. I love the 
Jones bars for the position variability. The aero tuck/rest position is so 
supportive (can get my elbows on the 710's) and the climbing and standard 
positions are great as well. 

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[masmojo]

I don't think it's so much that you can't,  maybe just that you might not want 
to. I love my Boscos, but a bar that allows a more aero position might be 
easier/faster over that distance. It might not seem like a lot, but if you've 
been riding for 5 hours the prospect of shaving 10 or 15 minutes starts to seem 
pretty appealing.

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Lungimsam]

So...how did it go with the Boscos?

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Ryan Christbaum]

Alan, I'm a firm believer that if you can tackle 75% of your target ride 
leading up to it, you'll be able to do the whole thing when it counts.  A 
good plan is probably to ensure your bike setup is adequate for you for at 
least 75 mile rides of similar terrain, and then don't make any last-minute 
changes before the event.  Then you'll have one answer.
And be careful in the crowds.  It's amazing what stupid things people do 
while riding in events.
-Ryan

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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Chris Chen]

200k in albastaches, no problems; Done two ~60mi days in the Boscos, no
problem, The upright posture really helps keep pressure off the arms. Now,
be careful where you place your brake levers to keep you from "flaring out
your wrists" too much.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Steve Palincsar  wrote:

> On 06/08/2015 05:17 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
>> Breaking the filters off of Marlboros: I remember doing that!
>>
>> 3 packs a day -- wow! I asked the convenience store clerk the other day
>> how much a pack of M's cost nowadays, and he said $7.60 before sales tax.
>>
>>
> IIRC they were thirty cents a pack in the 'Nam in 1970.
>
> One of the motivational techniques I used to use was every day I dropped
> as much money as I would have spent on cigarettes that day into a coffee
> can.  When it amounted to something, I'd buy myself something nice - a
> camera lens, for example.  After all, I would have spent it anyway!  And if
> you do that today, just think how fast it would add up.
>
> I was on a ride a couple of years ago by myself, stopped at a MacDonalds
> to use the rest room and to eat my sandwich.  A guy comes out, lights up
> and we get into a conversation.  He sees I'm a cyclist and says he's sorry,
> hopes the cig doesn't offend me, etc., then says he's tried and he wishes
> he could quit.  So I ask him, would he quit if I gave him $5,000.  "Hell
> yes!"   So I told him about the coffee can, and how he could pay himself
> the money.  If he smoked 3 packs a day, at $7.60 a pack, in a year that
> would be $8,322.   Snakes alive!
>
>
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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Alan Pickett]

Hi guys - 

I didn't want to let this post fade without letting y'all know how much I 
enjoyed your responses - especially the cajoling, encouragement, and 
stories 'bout smoking'. While I'm still inhaling, I''m also now riding the 
bike to work - about a seven mile commute each way from Silver Spring into 
DC - which is significantly diminishing my ciggy intake! 

I am also thoroughly enthused by the cries of "ride on" regarding the 
boscos, and enjoyed the references to chocolate milk, molten metal, and 
plain common sense.

You guys are cool...

Alan



On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8:18:03 PM UTC-4, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 06/08/2015 05:17 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:

Breaking the filters off of Marlboros: I remember doing that!

3 packs a day -- wow! I asked the convenience store clerk the other 
day how much a pack of M's cost nowadays, and he said $7.60 before 
sales tax.




IIRC they were thirty cents a pack in the 'Nam in 1970.

One of the motivational techniques I used to use was every day I dropped 
as much money as I would have spent on cigarettes that day into a coffee 
can.  When it amounted to something, I'd buy myself something nice - a 
camera lens, for example.  After all, I would have spent it anyway!  And 
if you do that today, just think how fast it would add up.


I was on a ride a couple of years ago by myself, stopped at a MacDonalds 
to use the rest room and to eat my sandwich.  A guy comes out, lights up 
and we get into a conversation.  He sees I'm a cyclist and says he's 
sorry, hopes the cig doesn't offend me, etc., then says he's tried and 
he wishes he could quit.  So I ask him, would he quit if I gave him 
$5,000.  "Hell yes!"   So I told him about the coffee can, and how he 
could pay himself the money.  If he smoked 3 packs a day, at $7.60 a 
pack, in a year that would be $8,322.   Snakes alive!



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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Patrick Moore]

Breaking the filters off of Marlboros: I remember doing that!

3 packs a day -- wow! I asked the convenience store clerk the other day how
much a pack of M's cost nowadays, and he said $7.60 before sales tax.

Patrick "Oh! And Camels, no filters, too!" Moore

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Steve Palincsar  wrote:

> On 06/08/2015 10:53 AM, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
>> Good luck with the regimen! I quit in 1997 after almost 25 years, though
>> after tapering off considerably for several years or so beforehand (from 15
>> Pall Malls or Luckies a day to 3 ultra lights). It can be done.
>>
>>
>>
> I went from 3 packs a day of Marlboros with the filter broken off
> (couldn't get non-filtered in the PX in Vietnam) to zero overnight. I
> marked off 60 days on the calendar before I was slated to return stateside
> and quit on the morning of that day.
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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 06/08/2015 10:53 AM, Patrick Moore wrote:
Good luck with the regimen! I quit in 1997 after almost 25 years, 
though after tapering off considerably for several years or so 
beforehand (from 15 Pall Malls or Luckies a day to 3 ultra lights). It 
can be done.





I went from 3 packs a day of Marlboros with the filter broken off 
(couldn't get non-filtered in the PX in Vietnam) to zero overnight. I 
marked off 60 days on the calendar before I was slated to return 
stateside and quit on the morning of that day.


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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Alan Pickett]

Now it's all starting to make sense: I'm 1/4 Sicilian! 

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Jim M.]

And as for Boscos and centuries, Freddie Hoffman has done more miles with 
upright bars than anyone on this list with drops. See Riv Reader #42.

jim m
wc ca

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Jim M.]

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 6:06:14 PM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote:
>
> Alan, that quill stem has such short vertical extension, you might do 
> better with a quill/threadless adapter
>
> https://www.benscycle.com/p-2573-nitto-mtc-04-long-quill-stem-to-threadless-adapter-286222mm.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjw18-rBRDogrTg4Lusuu0BEiQACs8YQsWtTNDc5_xPQ39OYUZGDUlMl9ZL3y-0j-zQ1--wXYUaAh1a8P8HAQ#nitto-mtc-04-long-quill-stem-to-threadless-adapter-286222mm
>
>
I used that adapter with Jones bars for my proto-Bombadil. Mostly a good 
experience, but I found I had to tighten it very hard to prevent slippage. 
Also, I found it ugly, and I'm not typically sensitive to aesthetic issues. 
I was using a downhill mtb stem I had in my parts bin, so that was probably 
part of the problem. I've switched to bullmoose on the Bomba and put the 
Jones on a different bike. Both are excellent bars.

jim m
wc ca

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Jeremy Till]

Upright bars for everything!  I did a ~500 mile tour on Bosco's last 
summer, including a 90 mile day, and it was the most comfortable tour I've 
ever done.  Go for it!  

I also just picked up a pair of Jones bars for my mountain bike.  Haven't 
mounted them up yet but I'm looking forward to it.  

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[David Yu Greenblatt]

Are we talking metric or imperial?

For a 100 km ride, Bosco the Handlebar for steering, and Bosco the Chocolate
 for energy, are excellent choices.

For 100 miles on the bike, the addition of tunes from Bosco the Man

help pass the time in a most pleasant way.

- David G "Just Kickin' It" in San Diego


On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:02 AM, John A. Bennett  wrote:

> *The better question would be: is it crazy to do a century without Boscos?
> Answer: yes. *
>
> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
>> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my
>> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend
>> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century
>>  later this summer. At the moment, I am
>> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We
>> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing
>> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent
>> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move
>> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>>
>> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant
>> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>>
>> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and
>> actually thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but
>> the clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem
>>  that
>> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden
>> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were
>> your impressions?
>>
>> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
>> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>>
>>
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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Patrick Moore]

Good luck with the regimen! I quit in 1997 after almost 25 years, though
after tapering off considerably for several years or so beforehand (from 15
Pall Malls or Luckies a day to 3 ultra lights). It can be done.


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>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century
>  later this summer.
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Kurt Manley]

Man, quit smoking! I did it and it's the single best thing I have EVER 
done. Not joking or exaggerating at all. My physical health has improved by 
10,000% which I figured would happen but a surprise was my state of mind 
improved a lot too. Way happier. Mind, body, spirit. DO IT, you can! I did 
it years ago and life just keeps getting better!

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Marc Irwin]

Absolutely sane.  I just did a metric century yesterday on my Hillborne 
with Boso Bars.  It's my go to bike for any charity ride or ride beyond 25 
miles.  The Bosco's provide a much greater range of body positions to fight 
or take advantage of wind and terrain while preventing fatigue.  I have 
them on my Hunq also and have done over a hundred miles several days while 
fully loaded.  I've also never experienced any numbness in my hands with 
them.

Marc

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8:18:03 PM UTC-4, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[John A. Bennett]

*The better question would be: is it crazy to do a century without Boscos? 
Answer: yes. *

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Ron Mc]

the intention was humorous rather than defensive, though not prevalent, 
it's not uncommon today to see Italian and French riders smoking at rest 
stops.  


On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 7:33:50 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
>  On 06/08/2015 08:30 AM, Ron Mc wrote:
>  
> those crazy Italians   
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=italian+cyclists+smoking&rlz=1C1PRFA_enUS414US414&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VYp1VeWkBsPEsAXXk4NQ&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=625#
>
>   
> They didn't know any better back then.  We've known better 
>  for a while now.
>
>
>  

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Matthew J]

No Bosco experience but have done mulit-day tours with Albas and Jitensha 
flat bars.  When ride my drop bar equipped bike on long rides my hands are 
on the top of the bar 95% of the ride as well.  

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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 06/08/2015 08:30 AM, Ron Mc wrote:

those crazy Italians
https://www.google.com/search?q=italian+cyclists+smoking&rlz=1C1PRFA_enUS414US414&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VYp1VeWkBsPEsAXXk4NQ&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=625#



They didn't know any better back then.  We've known better 
 for a while now.



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Re: [RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 06/08/2015 08:23 AM, Deacon Patrick wrote:
Yup. The wrong bars melt at 96.7 miles. Upright bars more rapidly and 
without warning. No heat build up. Just good and solid one moment, 
molten knee scalding drops oozing off the bar ends the next.



Actually, I had something very much like that happen to a set of drop 
bars on my 3-speed commuter.  I'd just arrived at work, and was 
dismounting when the bars drooped.  Turned out, the left hand side had 
cracked through just by where the stem clamped it.  One can only imagine 
how that would have gone had it happened while I was just riding along 
(JRA).


And last sunday, 7.5 miles into a 75 mile ride, I'd stopped at a red 
light and was just starting up when CLINK and there I was standing over 
the bike in the road.  My left hand crank arm was lying in the road, the 
bottom bracket spindle having broken off where the left crank arm 
attached.  Again, just think about how that would have gone had I been 
JRA -- no need to imagine, because it happened on a different bike Dec 
2013, about 2 miles after having left the rest stop.  Spindle broke, 
right hand crank arm flew off, bike veered off the road, I came off and 
did a tumbling roll on the gravel and ended up in someone's front yard 
face down a couple of inches from a big pile of dog poop.





Seriously though, there is only one way to find out. Some things that 
work for for 70 miles feel wrong at 80 miles and you have to figure 
out how to make it work. There ain't no way to know till you get to 
the distance you will be going. Grin.


On the other hand, if it really doesn't work odds are you're going to 
know it long before 70 or 80 miles.  I've never managed to get farther 
on flat or city bars than about 40 miles before my hands are totally numb.



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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Ron Mc]

those crazy Italians  
https://www.google.com/search?q=italian+cyclists+smoking&rlz=1C1PRFA_enUS414US414&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VYp1VeWkBsPEsAXXk4NQ&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=625#

On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 7:23:50 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote:
>
> Yup. The wrong bars melt at 96.7 miles. Upright bars more rapidly and 
> without warning. No heat build up. Just good and solid one moment, molten 
> knee scalding drops oozing off the bar ends the next.
>
> Seriously though, there is only one way to find out. Some things that work 
> for for 70 miles feel wrong at 80 miles and you have to figure out how to 
> make it work. There ain't no way to know till you get to the distance you 
> will be going. Grin.
>
> With abandon,
> Patrick
>
> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 6:18:03 PM UTC-6, Alan Pickett wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
>> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>>
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Deacon Patrick]

Yup. The wrong bars melt at 96.7 miles. Upright bars more rapidly and 
without warning. No heat build up. Just good and solid one moment, molten 
knee scalding drops oozing off the bar ends the next.

Seriously though, there is only one way to find out. Some things that work 
for for 70 miles feel wrong at 80 miles and you have to figure out how to 
make it work. There ain't no way to know till you get to the distance you 
will be going. Grin.

With abandon,
Patrick

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 6:18:03 PM UTC-6, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Bruce Smitham]

I've ridden 70 miles 
In one day on my Sam Hillborne with Albatross handlebars and Schwalbe Marathon 
Supremes. Just a perfect ride and no pain.

Bruce in San Diego
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:33:34 PM UTC-7, hangtownmatt wrote:
> Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?
> 
> No, it's crazy to smoke cigarettes
> 
> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century later this summer. At 
> the moment, I am riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a 
> greenie, 56). We are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 
> 50 mile outing without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down 
> into a decent resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero 
> time, then move and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, 
> pressure, etc...
> 
> 
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant single-ride 
> distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
> 
> 
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the clamp 
> diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem that would work 
> for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden with a Jones 
> bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were your impressions?
> 
> 
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

['hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch]

Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

No, it's crazy to smoke cigarettes

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-7, Alan Pickett wrote:
>
> The Lady Who Makes Me Pedal has started a campaign to get me to limit my 
> cigarette smoking by imposing a Soviet-style regimen of preparatory weekend 
> rides, culminating in perhaps the Amish Country Century 
>  later this summer. At the moment, I am 
> riding and liking my Bosco'd 2 top-tubed hillborne (it's a greenie, 56). We 
> are not at all go-fast people, and so far, I have managed a 50 mile outing 
> without any ill effects. It seems like I really can get down into a decent 
> resting position at the front of the bar for a little aero time, then move 
> and shift quite a bit on the bars to counter numbness, pressure, etc...
>
> Does anyone have reports or reflections after going significant 
> single-ride distances with Boscos you might be willing to share?
>
> As an aside, I was peeking at the aluminum Jones loop H-bars, and actually 
> thought these could be pretty darn comfy for an extended ride, but the 
> clamp diameter is 31.8, and I think Nitto only makes one quill stem 
>  that 
> would work for this. I'm just future-dreaming here, but has anyone ridden 
> with a Jones bar on a Riv, and if so, how did you fix it up and what were 
> your impressions?
>
> Hope all are well this fine Sunday,
> Alan in Silver Spring, MD
>
>
>

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[Ron Mc]

Alan, that quill stem has such short vertical extension, you might do 
better with a quill/threadless adapter
https://www.benscycle.com/p-2573-nitto-mtc-04-long-quill-stem-to-threadless-adapter-286222mm.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjw18-rBRDogrTg4Lusuu0BEiQACs8YQsWtTNDc5_xPQ39OYUZGDUlMl9ZL3y-0j-zQ1--wXYUaAh1a8P8HAQ#nitto-mtc-04-long-quill-stem-to-threadless-adapter-286222mm

drew, may not be the bars specifically, but the way you have them adjusted. 
 My moustache bars are on a heavy bike and the farthest I've ridden it is 
40 mi (with a 2500' climb), but I'm not limited by any kind of discomfort 
showing up.  
On my new upright bars, I've been making tweaks to address numbness that 
shows up and with good success (numbness = pinched circulation)

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[RBW] Re: Is it crazy to do a century with Boscos?

[drew]

i've never done an official century ride, but i have done about 90 miles in 
a day a few times. i also have never used bosco bars, but i do use 
albatross bars.  for me and my limited experience, i have found that most 
potential problems show themselves somewhere in the 35-50mile range. 
mustache bars start hurting my back/wrists and cause dead hands at about 
35miles, but i love them for those first 35. i can get much further, more 
comfortably, on alba's, and even though i feel slightly less zippy, they 
stay on the touring bike, because not hurting>hurting.   i would think that 
if you're going 50 miles in complete comfort, why mess with itbut 
again, thats just me.

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