[RBW] Re: Billie Bar initial review

2018-05-23 Thread Garth
> > Well crimey if they go back that far and they recommend a 2 cm longer > stem than an Alba, which already required a longer stem heck that > put's me back in the 80's mtb dayze . "hey ... you got any 150mm stems > cuz my frame doesn't have enough reach ?"Ahahahaha !

Re: [RBW] Re: Billie Bar initial review

2018-05-22 Thread Diego J. Garza
Zed, thanks for the detailed response and measurements. Just what I needed! Diego Los Angeles -- 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

Re: [RBW] Re: Billie Bar initial review

2018-05-22 Thread Zed Martinez
Eric, the catalog says it's a 1" rise/drop, so, I'll believe them on that. Diego, laying my old Boscos as close to on top over the clamp as I can manage, I'd say the Boscos come back about an inch more. Measuring, the Billies are 8.5" straight before they bend as advertised. The Boscos are

Re: [RBW] Re: Billie Bar initial review

2018-05-22 Thread Eric Daume
What's the actual rise/drop on the Billie? The site only says it's less than the Albatross. Eric On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:34 PM, Diego J. Garza wrote: > For those of you who have tried this bar, would you say it's reach back is > a little longer than Boscos? > >

[RBW] Re: Billie Bar initial review

2018-05-22 Thread Diego J. Garza
For those of you who have tried this bar, would you say it's reach back is a little longer than Boscos? Inquiring minds would like to know, Diego pre-june gloom, los angeles, ca On Monday, May 21, 2018 at 9:32:44 PM UTC-7, Brett Callahan wrote: > > Ive received mine and will add my first

[RBW] Re: Billie Bar initial review

2018-05-21 Thread adam leibow
thanks - yeah these bars are a nice happy medium between the albatross and something like the map ahearne bars (or how i expect the wavie bars will be). i got some more miles in on them yesterday and confirm they're still good. On Friday, May 18, 2018 at 9:08:04 PM UTC-7, adam leibow wrote: >