For one thing, the Hunqapillar did not have the lower head tube - down tube lug extension like the Bombadil.
Laing On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 2:29:05 PM UTC-5 jasonz...@gmail.com wrote: > I've often wondered what made the Hunq the "less expensive Bombadil" given > the tubing being as Grant calls "the most expensive tubes around". I'm > assuming it was based on it being MIT and the Bomba being a MUSA frame? IF > so, were they equally priced once the Hunq moved to MUSA Waterford, why/why > not? I figured it was something similar to the manufacturing locations of > the Quickbeam/SimpleOne with the exception that those two have identical > geometry and the Hunq/Bomba are different. I'm only asking because its > often referred here as the cheaper bomba, but I was of the understanding it > was more like the 700c bike (hunq) and the bomba was the 650b earlier > option. > > Probably a messy way to ask but to clean it up, can anyone tell me if the > Hunq was actually that much cheaper once it was moved to Wisconsin and also > if the tubing stayed the same once it was manufactured in the US? > > thanks! Love these two bikes and this thread! > Jason > > On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 11:44:50 AM UTC-6 Dick Combs wrote: > >> They are the same, both the originals that came with the frame >> >> On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 11:24:59 AM UTC-5 J J wrote: >> >>> Cool pair of Hunqs! are the forks different? Or is it just the photo >>> angle that makes the curve on the fork on the one with the black saddle >>> look different? >>> >>> On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 6:56:43 AM UTC-5 Dick Combs wrote: >>> >>>> [image: 61977D70-55E2-4782-A93A-A8333171AFD6.jpeg][image: >>>> 7A5D4923-2037-4ACB-81D6-3091B473A0FB.jpeg]My two Hunqs >>>> >>>> -- 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/1a6f82d6-e5fb-49d4-a579-6582f6ad1f44n%40googlegroups.com.
