After spending some time on a long Proto Hunqapillar here are my thoughts. Apologies to surly for the blatant rip off!
Long chain stays are cool...So are short...Long chain stays are not magic...but they might agree with your riding style and what you like to do on a bike...if they do you will love and evangelize them...if they don't you wont. But to say they are just flat better, well um everyone is entitled to their opinion. For my fitness level and what I do on a bike. I like shorter better. But think they are both cool. If you feel the need to sell your current Atlantis for the bit of extra length that is great...But I wouldn't, and this is after having some time of a longer bike. Thanks, Richard On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 7:19:33 AM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: > > I wonder what the max tire width will be with the new geo. I've wanted a > Hunq, but given it's 95% the same as my atlantis I can't justify. If it > could clear something fatter than 2.25 I'd be aaaaaall over it > > On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 8:48:26 AM UTC-6, Philip Kim wrote: >> >> The hunq's chainstay stays the same at 46cm across all sizes. I hope they >> keep the 48cm chainstay at 46cm and adjust accordingly on the larger sizes. >> 46cm is plenty enough for me, and will still allow me to get normal chains >> for replacement. >> >> On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 9:30:32 PM UTC-5, masmojo wrote: >>> >>> I am generally in tune with the changes & long chain stays, but too long >>> is too long. >>> We have two Clementines, a small & a medium & in my opinion the chain >>> stays on both are too long. The small one is only a little too long (1/4" >>> ?) The medium on the other hand is probably almost an inch too long. >>> While it's true there is little downside to longer chain stays, there >>> are a few. Bottom bracket deflection is one, tubes have to be made thicker >>> to ward off flex of a longer frame otherwise you tend to get ghost shifting >>> when standing on the pedals while climbing or sprinting also it slows >>> handling; I am still adjusting my riding style on the Clementine, because I >>> have been going off the outside of turns when traveling quickly, combined >>> with the upright riding position I find I need to lean the bike more & use >>> a bit of body English to turn confidently. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
