I'm with Justin on the two wheelset solution. I have that with my Hillborne and it provides a lot more versatility. Lighter weight 32 hole Synergies with Barlow Pass ELs for the road and 36 hole A719s with 45 Smart Sams for trails. If I was in your situation, I'd probably keep the Hunq. As much as I love a big descent on the Sam in road mode, a Hunq would provide better mixed terrain capabilities (although I have ridden big trails on the Hillborne, it's not ideal). You may want to get a set of CX-50 brakes for quicker wheel change out and something like this (designed by one of my past students) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/409839826/offset-bicycle-wheel-storage I can relate to the reduced space for bike storage. It can become a tough issue requiring some creative solutions.
As for 650b, I agree with you. I've tried the 650b Homer, Clem and Hunq at Riv and think it is the perfect size wheel for my size (5'10"). I've always thought 700 was unwieldy on trails but 26" were too small. I think 650b would be perfect without losing much on the road. The problems with converting is it would require moving the canti posts and a repaint and it lowers your bottom bracket (pedal strike). I talked to Will and Roman about this for the Hillborne. At that point, buying new becomes more appealing but wipes out any gains from your sell off. Maybe keep the Hunq, buy a second set of lighter wheels and get the 650b later? Tough decisions but at least it's for a great reason. Congratulations and good luck. John On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 6:55:17 PM UTC-7, drew wrote: > > Say you had a hunqapillar, a Sam and a couple vintage bikes. But mostly > the hunq and Sam got ridden and you felt like you lived a really nice bike > life. Then let's say you were trying to have a kid and you lived in a small > house and bike room could no longer be bike room. Let's also say that a few > extra dollars would be somewhat helpful. > > Would you- > > -sell all but the hunq because it is your favorite, despite the fact that > it's not the best for city road riding, which is likely more and more the > type of riding you'll be doing, and you never took it on dirt as much as > you dream about taking it on dirt anyway. But that's ok, maybe you should > embrace a more cruiserish build, and this one could be cool. > > -sell all and buy a 650b Atlantis which, in your head, feels somewhere > between Sam and hunq. You never were quite convinced about big 29er tires > on a 54cm hunq frame anyway, and this 650b thing looks like it's gonna > stick....though you've never tried it. Maybe you could get a custom color > and a couple extra braze ons and it would be fine to take on trails and > tour, and when not there, it wouldn't feel too sluggish on the road either. > > -keep all until shit hits the fan and you need to unload as things come up. > > -realize that the one bike hypothesis is not practical and ignore all > problems in your life. > > -- 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.
