I've had similar thoughts about my 1st run Hunqapillar vs the Appaloosa or the new 55 cm Atlantis. From what I remember reading over the years, I think the old Hunqapillars and Bombadils are probably quite a bit lighter in weight than the Appaloosa and new Atlantis. I remember seeing numbers like "0.8 straight gauge" for the Bombadil and the Hunqapillar is supposed to be very similar to the Bombadil in tubing. OTOH, Will sent me the specs on the Appaloosa tubing and it's thick, with several 1.x numbers in there.
In theory, the 54 Appaloosa should ride almost identically to my 54 Hunqapillar with the the exception of the chainstay length. I would love to ride them back-to-back. I've thought about picking up a 55 Atlantis frameset when they come back next year, but I've pretty much decided that if I did, I would hold on to my Hunqapillar until I had some time on the Atlantis, and then I would decide which one to keep. Old Hunqapillars and Bombadils are not not easy to come by. On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 2:26:24 PM UTC-5 Jason Fuller wrote: > I know some of you are already chuckling, assuming my eyes are already > wandering towards a new project after only seven months on the Bombadil... > well fair, but mostly I am just looking to do my due diligence given that > a) Appa's are about to be available in Mermaid and b) at some point soon, > I'd be spending decent money on a liquid paint job and a few small braze-on > additions that the Joe already has. > > I assume the two bikes ride pretty similarly and weigh pretty similar > amounts (the Bombadil, while a burlier bike in theory, is also Waterford > build with probably lighter tubing than Grant would use today), in which > case I'd stay with the Bombadil. But my main use-case of the Bombadil, > especially in the future, is longer distance commuting (90%+ paved). So if > the Appa was noticably quicker and more comfortable, that would be very > interesting to me. I realize both are a bit overkill for that purpose, but > I want to keep it versatile for hauling stuff and has to be 650B due to the > expensive wheelset I just built. Mostly, I just want to initiate a > comparison discussion! > > New paint would be either palm green / sand green VW bus colours (dark > olive green, and greenish-beige head tube and details), or flat grey with > cream headtube. Additions would be M6 rear rack mounts like the Appa has, > internal tail light routing, and triple bottle bosses on seat tube. > > [image: PXL_20210501_231647339.jpg] > -- 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/8f830a2d-e606-4fb4-b1ab-20784ad7a064n%40googlegroups.com.
