I pre-ordered one of the original Hunqapillars. From what I can recall, the Hunquapillar was the first Taiwan built Rivendell bicycle after Rivendell left Toyo Japan. It might have even been a Toyo Taiwan shop. I don't believe any were made by Toyo Japan. There was a long wait period and when I finally received the bicycle, Keven told me it was made by Waterford because the order from Taiwan was just taking to long. I remember checking the serial number and it fit with the Waterford scheme. Subsequent batches were made in Taiwan at least for a while and might have reverted back to Waterford when the batch orders stopped.
The bike was the gray maroon colors. I have a picture somewhere which I will try to find. I will also try to find my original receipt. A fellow list member now owns the bike. On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10:08:44 AM UTC-4 John M wrote: > [image: right dropout.jpg] > > This was from my Hunqapillar with serial number "M14008". Which I had > assumed meant the eighth frame produced in 2014 at Waterford. > > On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 2:50:11 AM UTC-6 Ed Fausto wrote: > >> Hi Joe, would you know how to determine if the frame is made in Toyo or >> Waterford? >> >> On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 2:24:42 PM UTC+8 Joe Bernard wrote: >> >>> That's correct, the first ones had orange and are very rare, then kidney >>> bean, then they went to the green frames. To my knowledge all are Toyo or >>> Waterford. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 11:04:29 PM UTC-7 Chris L wrote: >>> >>>> I wonder if my Hunqapillar might be a prototype, and that's what the >>>> "p" designates? >>>> >>>> On Flickr, there are several photos of the 54 cm prototype, painted >>>> gray with orange head tube. The photos clearly show the pump peg painted >>>> gray, with white lining around it, which matches my bike. The only other >>>> gray/orange 54cm Hunq I'm aware of, has the pump peg the color of the head >>>> tube (ie, orange), as does every Hunqapillar, in any color, in a random >>>> sample from my collection of Hunq photos. The prototype has an orange >>>> ring >>>> at the bottom of the seat tube lug, while mine is a somewhat sloppy white. >>>> >>>> >>>> I have always assumed all of (very few) orange trim Hunq's came from >>>> that first batch. Maybe that is not the case. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 12:42:33 AM UTC-5 Chris L wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I would be curious, as well. My Hunqapillar is from the very first >>>>> batch and I'm not even sure what year that was. 2011? Taiwan? I've >>>>> heard >>>>> of Toyo and Wisconsin Hunqapillars but I'm assuming that first batch was >>>>> from Taiwan. >>>>> >>>>> I have four different Hunqapillar brochures, one of which specifies >>>>> the brand and number of the main tubes, but I have no idea if that >>>>> brochure >>>>> applies to mine or not. >>>>> >>>>> The serial number format is RIV"P"XXX. I'm not sure the "P" is >>>>> actually a "P". The paint is pretty heavy in that spot. >>>>> >>>>> What color is your Hunqapillar? Mine is gray and orange. >>>>> On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 11:01:27 PM UTC-5 Nikko in Oakland wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey y’all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Just out of curiosity... How do I know what year and location my Hunq >>>>>> was manufactured in? Any particular details I should look at? Is there a >>>>>> Hunq manufacturing timeline somewhere? >>>>>> >>>>>> Nikko in Oakland >>>>> >>>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/334ba0ac-f7a5-46e9-a1e8-003296b1a627n%40googlegroups.com.
