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Product news: Ritchey Bullmoose: the one-piece steering center for MTBs

July 9, 2014 by the editorial office

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Market: Ritchey presents the Ritchey Bullmoose, a one-piece carbon handlebar-stem combination for mountain bikes.

Ritchey celebrates with that Bullsmoose the new edition of a historic handlebar. After Tom Ritchey's handlebars slipped and he fell during the legendary Repack Downhill race, the MTB pioneer dared to try the first one-piece handlebar-stem combination. His goal was to develop a stiff unit for direct handling, which also prevents the handlebars from slipping. This design went down in history as the Bullsmoose and is now being revived.

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35 years later, however, the design was approached from a slightly different perspective. “I wanted to develop a stiff, light and modern steering center based on the Bullmoose design. The design has enormous advantages, especially in terms of rigidity. The triangle, which acts as a stem, is extremely stiff and absorbs the leverage of the handlebars perfectly.", according to Ritchey.

The new Bullsmoose is available in five different stem lengths:

  • 70mm stem – 720mm handlebar width
  • 80mm stem - 730mm handlebar width
  • 90, 100, 110mm stem - 740mm handlebar width

The Bullsmoose weighs 350 grams and should cost 270 euros. It will be presented to the public for the first time at Eurobike 2014.

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