[RBW] Bosco bars - different flares?

[BSWP]

I saw the new Bosco bars on the RBW site... the pictures give the
impression that some of the bars have parallel grips, and some have
wide flared grips. Is this just a trick of the camera lens? Same
effect can be seen for both the standard bars, and the bullmoose bars.
Maybe the pictures are a blend of prototype bars?

For example, compare

http://www.rivbike.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=HB12&PhotoNumber=4

to

http://www.rivbike.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=HB12&PhotoNumber=3

- Andrew, Berkeley

[Peter Morgano]

Well they do come in different witdths, 55cm and 58cm so that may explain why they look different. Anyone have any conjecture as to whether these will take bar end shifters?

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[John L]

I think that's just keystone effect.  You can see it too in pictures of the moustache and Mark's bars (to a varying degree).

[Matthew Hoult]

I remember talk of different "test" models of the Bosco.  There were 3 or 4 of 'em, if I recall correctly, so would suspect the differences have to do with that design evloution.

[newenglandbike]

I'm pretty sure that's a trick of the camera lens (wide angle), and that those are two photos of the same bar.

Matt

On Sunday, April 1, 2012 7:04:30 PM UTC-4, BSWP wrote:

[grant]

They all flare a little---if 90 deg reps zero flare (parallel), then
the bars are about 82 deg. We've yet to get the 55's in, but the plan
was to keep the flare and shrink the flat part nexto the stem (by
1.5cm per side). That'll still leave handroom, especially for the
diminutive, tiny-fingered, well-manicured female hand we envision
clutching them, and yet....not to narrow for a fat hand, either. It's
really a "come one, come all" bar...and yes to the bar-end shifters!
g

[BSWP]

Makes sense, the point about wide-angle lens. If there's some moderate flare, as Grant noted, then the front view would tend to minimize that flare (might look more parallel) and the rear view would exaggerate that flare. Physics is phun!

- Andrew, Berkeley