I’m having the same issue with a Soma Dream riser, which has more sweep (25°) but it’s relatively in the ballpark of bullmooses (15°? Idk your exact bar) compared to most stock modern mountain bars (7°). I know by the math, 7 and 15 are technically closer than 15 and 25, but once you start sweeping back past 10° I feel like that’s when you get to ‘medium sweep’ territory in terms of ergonomics and start having to adjust in other ways.
I’m on a fixed frame so I’m somewhat aggressive like what you’re showing here with the jacked up saddle height. I’ve been trying to see if shorter or longer stem will help, but I think it has to do more with being so far above the bars on this degree of sweep? Seems to put pressure on my hands where if I were more upright it wouldn’t be as much of an issue. Is that what you’re experiencing?
mediumclay on
I’m in the same boat. Love the look, hate that you can’t rotate the angle. Need an exact head tube angle to get the right personal fit.
hodaddio on
Agreed. 140mm reach and no adjustment, sold on ebay.
Gorgeous ross, btw. I have an 83 Mt Whitney.
Peace!
Choice_Student4910 on
Maybe a zero setback seatpost?
1Agrosh on
Sorry to hear they didn’t work out. I got a gnarly bullmoose on my ’84 Raleigh crested butte. The position works for me, and I love how solid they feel when I’m pulling the front wheel around rock gardens and curbs. They’re redundant too when one side fails – one side is welded by a pro and one side brazed by me.
Have you ever seen or tried a slingshot stem? More or less period correct, and they look beefy enough to rival the bulls. Good luck!
plan-thereaintnoplan on
I have an 80’s Diamondback with bullmoose bars and I almost agree with you. If I ride the bike on a trail and get a little rowdy it’s great but if I’m just riding laps around the neighborhood they are too low. I wouldn’t replace them for anything… I have another bike for riding around the neighborhood. (also an 80’s bike but it’s a Peugeot US Express… no bullmoose)
Really good looking bike you got there!
BarnacleSea9077 on
I have two of these chrome Ross, and I agree with you. If you want to keep the vintage look, Blue Lug has Nitto B802 handlebars that are almost identical to the B801 Nitto that was stock on bikes in that period, like my 1983 Fuji Mt. Fuji. You could pair that with a shorter stem, and it would completely change the riding position in a good way. My ’83 Stumpjumper had a short stem and wide riser bars and rode like a Cadillac. Bullmoose look cool, but actually riding with them is a different story. Or put any bars you like, period correct or not. Looks like you’ve got a 1985 model because it has the black rims. The 1984 had regular silver rims. They are the best looking ATBs of the period in my opinion.
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I’m having the same issue with a Soma Dream riser, which has more sweep (25°) but it’s relatively in the ballpark of bullmooses (15°? Idk your exact bar) compared to most stock modern mountain bars (7°). I know by the math, 7 and 15 are technically closer than 15 and 25, but once you start sweeping back past 10° I feel like that’s when you get to ‘medium sweep’ territory in terms of ergonomics and start having to adjust in other ways.
I’m on a fixed frame so I’m somewhat aggressive like what you’re showing here with the jacked up saddle height. I’ve been trying to see if shorter or longer stem will help, but I think it has to do more with being so far above the bars on this degree of sweep? Seems to put pressure on my hands where if I were more upright it wouldn’t be as much of an issue. Is that what you’re experiencing?
I’m in the same boat. Love the look, hate that you can’t rotate the angle. Need an exact head tube angle to get the right personal fit.
Agreed. 140mm reach and no adjustment, sold on ebay.
Gorgeous ross, btw. I have an 83 Mt Whitney.
Peace!
Maybe a zero setback seatpost?
Sorry to hear they didn’t work out. I got a gnarly bullmoose on my ’84 Raleigh crested butte. The position works for me, and I love how solid they feel when I’m pulling the front wheel around rock gardens and curbs. They’re redundant too when one side fails – one side is welded by a pro and one side brazed by me.
Have you ever seen or tried a slingshot stem? More or less period correct, and they look beefy enough to rival the bulls. Good luck!
I have an 80’s Diamondback with bullmoose bars and I almost agree with you. If I ride the bike on a trail and get a little rowdy it’s great but if I’m just riding laps around the neighborhood they are too low. I wouldn’t replace them for anything… I have another bike for riding around the neighborhood. (also an 80’s bike but it’s a Peugeot US Express… no bullmoose)
Really good looking bike you got there!
I have two of these chrome Ross, and I agree with you. If you want to keep the vintage look, Blue Lug has Nitto B802 handlebars that are almost identical to the B801 Nitto that was stock on bikes in that period, like my 1983 Fuji Mt. Fuji. You could pair that with a shorter stem, and it would completely change the riding position in a good way. My ’83 Stumpjumper had a short stem and wide riser bars and rode like a Cadillac. Bullmoose look cool, but actually riding with them is a different story. Or put any bars you like, period correct or not. Looks like you’ve got a 1985 model because it has the black rims. The 1984 had regular silver rims. They are the best looking ATBs of the period in my opinion.