Show me your bullmoose handlebar mountain bike
05-27-23, 08:16 PM
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05-27-23, 08:37 PM
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Charlie Kelly...
The first "Bullmoose" bars were Tom Ritchey's response to riding Wende Cragg's clunker, built by Alan Bonds, in the January 1979 Repack event that was filmed by KPIX. During the race, the handlebars rotated in the stem clamp. Tom overthought the problem and came up with the Bullmoose.
It wasn't universal at first. Gary's first Ritchey frame had a traditional stem and aluminum bars.
Because the look was iconic, even if it wasn't the most efficient design, it took over the MTB world for a couple of years, before somebody realized that you could accomplish the same purpose with a much simpler design of a single bar-stem combo.
Now it has come full circle, since my "modern" bike has the handlebars clamped into the stem.
The first "Bullmoose" bars were Tom Ritchey's response to riding Wende Cragg's clunker, built by Alan Bonds, in the January 1979 Repack event that was filmed by KPIX. During the race, the handlebars rotated in the stem clamp. Tom overthought the problem and came up with the Bullmoose.
It wasn't universal at first. Gary's first Ritchey frame had a traditional stem and aluminum bars.
Because the look was iconic, even if it wasn't the most efficient design, it took over the MTB world for a couple of years, before somebody realized that you could accomplish the same purpose with a much simpler design of a single bar-stem combo.
Now it has come full circle, since my "modern" bike has the handlebars clamped into the stem.
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05-28-23, 10:20 AM
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I saw this thread and it motivated me to post a thread about my '84 Peugeot Canyon Express. Here it is....
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05-30-23, 08:46 PM
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FWIW here is my 1986 Fisher Montare, almost all original except for consumables. Even down to the light action Rear Derailleur with DuraAce Guide pulley.
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06-18-23, 03:15 PM
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06-18-23, 05:32 PM
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1984 Ross Mt Whitney
Deore and Takagi with Sunour XC pedals
Original Shimano Link-Lock chain. The permanent side has an extended link, and to push them together you fold the chain back on itself.
One of the seat post clamp ears was broken off, so it wasn't worth much at the garage sale.
Deore and Takagi with Sunour XC pedals
Original Shimano Link-Lock chain. The permanent side has an extended link, and to push them together you fold the chain back on itself.
One of the seat post clamp ears was broken off, so it wasn't worth much at the garage sale.
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06-19-23, 12:12 PM
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My physical therapy bike, to gently getting me back on two wheels after crashing and breaking my collarbone last month.
This is a mid 80s Raleigh Mountain Tour I picked up for $20 a couple years ago, long after I stopped actively looking for bicycles. But c'mon, for $20, it kinda fell in my lap that way, as they sometimes do. Last week was the first time I've ever ridden it. It has on the rear what's probably the original skin wall tire, the front was too rotten and bulgy to ride, so I swapped in a spare wheel up front, my right arm being still too weak to take a tire off a rim. But not too weak to use thumbies, and ride (gently) in an upright position! So it's this bike until I can reach low enough to use the downtube shifters or barcons that are are on all my other bikes.
This is a mid 80s Raleigh Mountain Tour I picked up for $20 a couple years ago, long after I stopped actively looking for bicycles. But c'mon, for $20, it kinda fell in my lap that way, as they sometimes do. Last week was the first time I've ever ridden it. It has on the rear what's probably the original skin wall tire, the front was too rotten and bulgy to ride, so I swapped in a spare wheel up front, my right arm being still too weak to take a tire off a rim. But not too weak to use thumbies, and ride (gently) in an upright position! So it's this bike until I can reach low enough to use the downtube shifters or barcons that are are on all my other bikes.
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06-19-23, 02:11 PM
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grumpus Someone tried to buy this from me yesterday, for the bullmoose bars. I was actually afraid to sell it to them.
07-06-23, 04:29 AM
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All built up. I "upgraded" the wheels, shifters, brakes, derailleurs, brake levers. I simply cannot abide friction shifters anymore. Not when Hyperglide cassettes and trigger shifters are so abundantly available.
07-06-23, 05:11 AM
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Here ya go...
I have several others with slingshot stems, but those aren't quite the same thing. I have a couple of steel bullmoose handlebars in the shop, but I'm hanging on to those for now.
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I have several others with slingshot stems, but those aren't quite the same thing. I have a couple of steel bullmoose handlebars in the shop, but I'm hanging on to those for now.
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