I believe that the Appaloosa started as a middle ground between hunq and hillborne, but by the time it was made it had been made burlier and lies between a hunq and an Atlantis. At least that's my recollection of the chronology.
I have a hunq, which will soon be traded for an Atlantis. It is a great bike. Best I've ever owned. I've come to think of rivendell as a line of do-it-all bikes. There is a lot of overlap between models and the bikes do not excel at any one specific thing, other than ride quality, comfort and beauty. I mean this in the most positive way. I think that even a hilsen with big tires could do 99% of what most people use their hunqapillars for. So I guess what I mean is that, if you want a mountain bike or a racing bike, I wouldn't get a rivendell. You'd be missing out on what those bikes offer in their specialty and missing out on what a riv offers outside of that specialty. I would assume that they are functionally equivalent. So I would make my choice based on handlebars and wheel size. I am a medium sized guy and have found my one complaint about the hunqapillar to be 29er tires on a medium sized bike. I could run a small 700c tire on the bike, but that would feel sacrilegious to me. As far as handlebars go, I don't know that id want to try to run drops on the Appaloosa. I know people do it and like it, but that bike was designed for upright bars. The hunq does drops just fine. In the opposite way, I had a hillborne that I felt was too short in the top tube for upright bars. Lastly, If like me, you have more idealistic views of your riding than actual, id recommend rectifying the two before purchasing. I thought I would be doing lots of off road riding and touring... I wish that was true. In actuality, in Los Angeles, 75% of my riding is on roads. -- 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.
