COTH Hivemind: help sourcing a bit?

[kashmere]

If anyone can help, you lovely folks can. On the hunt for a:

• baucher
• 5.25" length
• lozenge mouthpiece (not french link)

…here is the kicker: under $100CAD? :lol:

I would really like to try my lad out in one, and am actually happy - or at least willing! - to shell out for a NS or HS (which of course easily check all my boxes except for price), but would really like to test him in one first and be able to spend a good amount of time riding in it to assess. If the bit above doesn’t exist, I know about the rental programs for NS and HS bits, so I will go that route.

Thanks!

[kashmere]

Thanks all! Super appreciate it 😊 @Nova2000 - I am really wary of happy mouths, I had one crack really subtly and start pinching the tongue once. Have since learned this is not uncommon with them, so I tend to steer clear. Thank you for the idea, though!

[Hawks_Nest]

I might actually have exactly what you are looking for in my bit bucket that I haven’t touched in years. The caveat is that while it has the center bean, something was slightly off in the original making of it and it behaves almost like the stubben ez control. It is this bit: https://stubbennorthamerica.com/product/2235-steeltec-baucher-bit/

PM me if you want it.