{"id":162927,"date":"2025-05-04T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T02:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=162927"},"modified":"2025-05-04T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T02:17:50","slug":"fairweather-b923-bullmoose-bar-wide","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/fairweather-b923-bullmoose-bar-wide\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairweather B923 Bullmoose Bar Wide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I designed the B903 Bullmoose Bars about ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A huge bike show in North Carolina called NAHBS was held around the same year, which I went and brought a few of the freshly made Bullmoose bars to show people at the event. Yes, I was young.<\/p>\n<p>I remember the people at the Groovy booth and John Prolly from the Radavist\u00a0 said some nice things about the bars I brought. I even gave one of the handlebar to Mike from Ant Bike. A lot of good memories.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t realize that we&#8217;ve been making these bars for such a long time, and I&#8217;d like to thank everybody who are using those bars!<\/p>\n<p>And now, I had the opportunity to design a new size of the Bullmoose Bars. Don&#8217;t worry, the production of B903 will still be continued.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54479313653\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54479313653_f597272505_b.jpg\" alt=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The B903 didn&#8217;t change one bit for ten years. During the ten years, I would receive some requests of adding some tweaks to the bars, every now and then. The most requests of the tweaks I would receive were the width, reach and angle.<\/p>\n<p>There was a pretty big demand of the bars from overseas, so I totally understand why people asked for these changes, but I did not want to change too much from the B903, so I decided to make a new size for it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54479234479\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54479234479_52dcb1e189_b.jpg\" alt=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThis is the new &#8220;B923 Bullmoose Bar Wide&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54479313413\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54479313413_5294d25523_b.jpg\" alt=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made the width from 720mm to 750mm.<\/p>\n<p>Extending 3mm sounds easy? No, no no. This was actually the hardest thing to do!<\/p>\n<p>I was told that 720mm was the widest that Nitto can do, but I had Nitto try many different ways of welding and they finally figured out a way to add that 30mm.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to Nitto&#8217;s skill and for not giving up.<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s talk about the reach.<\/p>\n<p>The B903 was designed based on a 90mm stem, when installing on a frame that fits you correctly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162093\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456383_afb71857f6_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1320\" height=\"1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456383_afb71857f6_k.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456383_afb71857f6_k-853x1280.jpg 853w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456383_afb71857f6_k-1147x1720.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456383_afb71857f6_k-512x768.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back then, I designed the bar to be installed on a Surly Cross x Check, so it was fine, but now that we&#8217;ve used the bars on many different bikes, I have extended the extension to 10mm and made it as if you are running a flat bar with 100mm stem.<\/p>\n<p>(Some of our mechanics told me to make one with a shorter reach, so I knocked them out)<\/p>\n<p>Moving on to the bar angle!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54479234354\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54479234354_61a464ae51_b.jpg\" alt=\"*MASH*steel (S)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThis is the Bullmoose Bar Wide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* straggler (46)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52301638567\/in\/photolist-2nFHyZ6-2mXRpGf-2jXyNgr-2mwtTWD-THCTto-2ntrRMB-2o1qbx2-2nMnCKK-2n8jMP3-2nbhdKX-2nYVR3P-2kUMKre-2nMocdL-2giuzyV-2mZR1rK-PNUeLo-2o2MKU8-2mGA4EA-2odrdKQ-2nRXxjS-2odtKLs-2o2MKXV-oBFxLb-mTV7Cx-2jwLudZ-2n8S7AH-ShWrPw-2mscxL2-2n8m4g4-2o4PBC2-2hxa799-TbMaBL-2oM6t3k-2nbiFAr-2nV3VF4-2gaAuy3-2m8e4aM-CuRRHS-ngPSFi-W23JfT-2nK7DeF-2g91XxP-2nzkCRE-2jsctd3-2m5nmrZ-2ooxGsv-2mwvLzc-2o2Qdvu-w126jK-2js8raj\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301638567_7be3ecb6eb_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* straggler (46)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>and this is the B903 Bullmoose.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to just make a &#8220;new size&#8221; of the bar, so I tweaked the angle of the bar itself. It&#8217;s a very minor change, but if you look closely to the grip area, you should be able to spot the difference.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162087\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456783_f50c88e9e4_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456783_f50c88e9e4_k.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456783_f50c88e9e4_k-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456783_f50c88e9e4_k-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54427456783_f50c88e9e4_k-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The welding of the steerer clamp is now fillet brazed.<\/p>\n<p>Again, all minor changes, but I think they feel even better now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crust Bikes: Chapter III\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GT3CV8MoI5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Side note.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m super stoked to see the Bullmoose bars used by various riders around the world, but I was very honored to see Cooper Ray using the bar in this video. Check it out if you still haven&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Cooper!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN CYCLES* monstercross (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54426356657\/in\/photolist-2qVzCm7-2qVzCnp-2qVtiFf-2qVzCp3-2qVxGoq-2qVyWyp-2qVyFoq-2qVzCne-2qVtiGh-2qVyWFi-2qVtiGx-2qVyWEB-2qVtiEo-2qVtiHu-2qVxGkQ-2qVtiDg-2qVxGjH-2qVyWCN-2qVyWye-2qVtiHV-2qVtiJ6-2qVtiDB\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54426356657_a5c534fa38_b.jpg\" alt=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN CYCLES* monstercross (50)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hope y&#8217;all can come by the shop and try the bars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":162768,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":162768,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2025\/04\/54479313653_0dab6f4009_k.jpg","filesize":152946,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"54479313653_0dab6f4009_k-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":75661,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54479313653_0dab6f4009_k-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"54479313653_0dab6f4009_k-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":118389,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54479313653_0dab6f4009_k-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"54479313653_0dab6f4009_k-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":34093,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54479313653_0dab6f4009_k-768x512.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":162084,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54479313653_0dab6f4009_k.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"fairweather","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/162927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}