Bosco shifter placement

[DS]

For those of you riding bosco bars, where do you place the shifters? Thinking about a cockpit swap on my Sam, and wondering if bar ends or thumbies are the way to go, and if thumbies where to put them?

Consequently, if anyone has a bosco cockpit (all or whole) they're interested in selling, let me know ;) I need the bars (looking at the 52), stem (don't know length, I run 8cm on my albastaches), brake levers.

[Clayton.sf]

Bar ends are ergonomically great but in a vulnerable position. On boscos I like to put my thumbies about 2/3rds down on the downsloping section and angle them in a little. It is real estate typically not used anyway and a more protected spot - at least for how my bike falls. Still very easy to reach too.

Clayton Scott
SF, CA

[JohnS]

I also went with having thumb shifters on the down sloping part of the bar and used inverse brake levers on my old school Bosco like bars. Works and looks great. The only tricky part was wrapping the handle bar tape around the shifter.

 

JohnS

[EGNolan]

I have my rear/right shifter on the inside of the bar, just past the brake lever on my Handsome XOXO. I put a thumbie on the stem for the front derialer. If I had had two of the same thumbie, I would've put both on the bar, but since I had two different kinds, I figured I'd switch it up. I also have bar end shifters on another bike w/ Boscos, but with the long sweep, bump into them fairly often. I'd go thumbie. Can't sell any of this because it's too dang comfy.

Best,

Eric

On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 9:37:49 PM UTC-4, DS wrote:

[Doug Williams]

My Riv has Albas and Silver bar ends. My Bosco bars are on my non-Riv bike. I use (gasp) twist shifters. They have been trouble free and ergonomically sweet.

Doug

[Bill Lindsay]

It will be neither the first time nor the last time people think I'm a weirdo, but on my Bosco Bullmoose bars, I currently run the thumbies near the center, just inside where the Bullmoose extension is brazed on. That allowed me to run continuous newbaums from brake lever to that brazed joint.

[David Stein]

Thats not a bad idea, Bill. I'm assuming you're happy w/ that setup? 

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote:

It will be neither the first time nor the last time people think I'm a weirdo, but on my Bosco Bullmoose bars, I currently run the thumbies near the center, just inside where the Bullmoose extension is brazed on. That allowed me to run continuous newbaums from brake lever to that brazed joint.

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[Bill Lindsay]

It's completely out of the way for using a bunch of hand positions. It is kind of a reach when I'm reaching from the grips, but certainly less than the reach to downtube shifters.

[Clayton.sf]

but would clutter the aero hand position, no?

[Liesl]

I'd love to see photos of these various positions!

On both Erin's Cheviot and my wee Appaloosa Custom, we have them mounted "Keven-Style" meaning inboard and immediately forward of the brake lever bracket, using Paul Thumbies.

Also did the stem-mount on the non-bullmoose boscos I have on the Saluki. Not a great picture, but I also attached the proto appaloosa that was living at Riv.

I like all these versions, and am still interested in all the variety described in this thread!

[Johnny Alien]

This is exactly why I am contemplating going with the ird stem mounts. It really seems like maybe that is the best place for shifters and upright bars.

[Clayton.sf]

Here some pictures of how shifters are placed. Accessible, reasonable protected, yet completely out of the way for all useable hand positions.

Shifter placement 1

Shifter placement 2

Clayton Scott

SF, CA