Somewhat frustrated that my new Nitto stem came with no torque specifications. Assuming 4-6 is good?Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 23, 2023, at 12:14 PM, lconley wrote:I am not surprised that he broke one of the stem bolts. Once fairly tight, you sneak up on the tightening, about 1/4 turn per bolt (w
I am not surprised that he broke one of the stem bolts. Once fairly tight,
you sneak up on the tightening, about 1/4 turn per bolt (which should have
been installed with grease or never-seize), on all the bolts in a
criss-cross pattern, and repeat. You also check that the gaps are equal on
bot
A couple of observations.I had a 650 Tosco with 135 FacePlater on the Clem. That particular bar has bulged 31.8 clamp area. That handlebar did not budge. It never slipped & I never needed to tighten the 4 bolt stem. But, I found the bar to be too wide.So I got the 550 wide Bosco with 25.4 clamp are
Now that's interesting; fun video. I was struck by (a) the skinny front
tire and (b) by the wide bar. I wish I had such firm, smooth dirt to ride
on. A bar like the Losco/Bosco/Tosco/what have you might be very usable if
you could set it up for cruising at the curves and use the wide ends only
for
I’ve definitely watched that one a few times.:)Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 22, 2023, at 3:46 PM, greenteadrinkers wrote:Interesting... was just watching a video via Radavist called "Rivendell Susie Longbolts/Wolbis Slugstone (First Ride) @ Marshall Canyon" at around 6 min 30 seconds in the rider ha
Interesting... was just watching a video via Radavist called "Rivendell
Susie Longbolts/Wolbis Slugstone (First Ride) @ Marshall Canyon" at around
6 min 30 seconds in the rider has to stop and tighten his quill 4-bolt face
plater and manages to break one of the bolts! Looks like the stem is pair
Looks great! BL does a really nice job with the spacers. Would be super
cool to see a quill version of the V5.
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 7:48:06 AM UTC-5 rmro...@gmail.com wrote:
> My Bluelug package arrived yesterday - a day early - in great shape and no
> missing items. I think it wa
Watch out - ordering from blue lug can become a problem. The first order
shows up in 4 days. The next thing you know you have another package coming
with "just a few more parts to finish the build".
DHL is a bit weird on their brokerage as they charge a flat rate fee for
their time which is a
I found circles to have lower shipping rates and lightening fast service. I
am in zip 59808 (Montana) and 4 days from order to delivery..
https://shop.circles-jp.com/en
On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 8:08:36 AM UTC-7 greenteadrinkers wrote:
> The few times I've placed orders with BL have been ea
The few times I've placed orders with BL have been easy with very fast
shipping. If you give feedback about the site's performance they usually
add a bunch of cool stickers.
On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 9:34:56 AM UTC-5 rmro...@gmail.com wrote:
> Well that was easy. I’ve been reluctant to or
Well that was easy. I’ve been reluctant to order any bike parts from out of the country, not sure why. But I pulled the trigger yesterday on a V5 & appropriate spacers from Bluelug. A very user friendly website & reasonable shipping. Estimated delivery next week! Not sure if there will be any addit
FWIW I run Discord fingerling on my Hunqa with a 710 Jones Bar (it is 31.8)
- this is no Bosco but the setup feels solid. To be fair, mine is a short
70m stem, not a super long reach.
Here's the link, looks like they're sold out:
https://analogcycles.com/products/discord-fingerling-stems
Max
On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 12:14:57 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote:
Interesting; I just glommed on the V5, which I'd not seen before. It seems
to be a good design for bars where the moment of force is relatively high,
like many of the current Rivendell bars.
Curious: I can see how a Tech
I have to agree that the V5 seems perfect for long-sweep bars and
personally I think it looks good -- not pretty but not ugly. And the
exposed bar center is as you said the perfect place for a headlight.
Richard and Garth: Noted about the presumed adequacy of 4-bolt stems. I use
the X-cross tighte
>From my experience using open face stems of the 2 and 4 bolt variety with
steel Albatross bars, the efficacy of such a design is obvious. Notably on
the 4 bolt, I tighten them a little at a time, alternating criss-cross,
zigging and zagging, and they only need to be modestly tight, no heroics
Patrick, the four bolt FacePlater on my Clem is holding the Bosco quite well so far. I do wonder if carbon paste would help it further? Same for the Soma Shotwell 4 bolt threadless stem currently holding the Bosco on my Gus. But, I’ve yet to hit the rough stuff with it.Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 15,
Thanks for the Moonshiner compliments!
Patrick - I can't speak to a 4-bolt faceplate threadless. Currently, I have
a Bosco with a Technomic on my Simple One, the stem is over-tightened and
is now stable without slipping. That said, I'm not sure I'd venture over
anything rougher than moderate g
I forgot to add: Very nice Moonshiner. And: too bad that the Moonshiner
takes 650Bs and not 700Cs; otherwise I'd be very interested indeed. But
despite Jan's deprecation, in my own not inconsiderable experience, taller
tires do very much float better over sand and more smoothly over small
high-ampl
Interesting; I just glommed on the V5, which I'd not seen before. It seems
to be a good design for bars where the moment of force is relatively high,
like many of the current Rivendell bars.
Curious: I can see how a Technomic would be wholly overwhelmed by a Bosco.
But what about a wide-faced, 4-b
Thanks for the input. I have a Bosco on my Clem with a four bolt FacePlater. It does not slip but I had to re-torque a couple of times. But the Gus will see more rough stuff. I have a Soma Shotwell on the Gus now but it’s a bit short. I will likely get a V5. BTW, nice Moonshiner.Sent from my iPhone
I've found boscos to be very lenient with their "fitting". The only time I
haven't liked them is when they are way too close. I have yet to have them
too far. I find the bar tilt also drastically effects the reach - if that
is a thing of concern.
I absolutely love the looks of the V-5 stem. O
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