Hi J, Cheers 👍
Yeah, was in touch with the Tunk people whilst they were still developing the frames. They've really gone for it with the details, features, a plethora of sizing option and the finished framesets look superb. Sadly, for various reasons, wouldn't work out for me right now: 650b in my size (they'd have probably put me on a 59cm they said :O - they're uber-French Fit aficionados there in the capital ;) ) TIG welded, whilst I really want to go lugged this time. And finally, they mentioned that maybe one'd end up being a bit too similar to the Bolt for me (I'd venture probably closer to a Romanceur, all things being considered, but a fair point.) I absolutely adore the LB by the way, just don't want to subject it to any overloading. Crust have them rated as 100kg/220 lbs max. https://crustbikes.com/collections/frames/products/lightning-bolt-canti Wishing Tunk loads of success with the framesets and hopefully it'll be the first of many. Think they're really on the ball with having them made in Europe as well - that's got to be the way forward in 2026 and beyond. ps although my Finnish is ropey at best, a tip for everyone in the bike world outside of Finland: the pronunciation is 'T-oo-nk' ;) On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 7:18:29 PM UTC+2 J wrote: > > Backstory with the Soma: Went to a lot of time, money and effort to put > the project together, importing the frameset and any extra components I > needed from outside of Finland (there's not a great amount of, for want of > a better word, 'retro' parts here.) > > > Noticed you are in Finland. Are you familiar with Tunk Bicycles? Seems > right up your alley with aesthetic and in Finland. > https://www.tunkbicycles.com/ > [image: TunkBicycles.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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea6829a5-56c5-43d8-9f75-cb2dbe10ee19n%40googlegroups.com.
