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In what feels like almost the most ironically poetic thing that could’ve happened, Riv posted what might be the last of the new (now extinct) Hunqapillars last week on their
web specials page.
I(like many) have pined for one of these bikes since going down the Rivendell rabbit hole, and have gone through more than my share of frames trying to find “the one”, if that’s even a thing…
I’d recently posted here that I was after a 54 Hunq or 56 Bombadil, and that my 58 Saluki and 56 Atlantis would be up for trade if someone wanted. I received interest in both bikes if I was willing to sell them, and the Saluki went to someone who’d been dreaming of one for years, while the Atlantis is still here… for now.
Then… the universe said here’s a bike built essentially how you’d want, and the money goes to a good cause…
So I bought it, and will inevitably post a ton of photos of it when it’s here and in use.
- Drew in ATL
On Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 2:44:29 PM UTC-5 maxcr wrote:
In case you missed this, here are a couple of beautiful Hunqa's from the Radavist: A Visit To The Nutmeg Country Cycling Museum Part 2: Troy and Jen’s Stable of Bikes.
On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 1:09:40 PM UTC-4 Bill Rhea wrote:
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This is from last year, touring the Oregon and NorCal coast on my 62cm Waterford Hunqa, which I believe I got in 2010 or 2011 as an "early adopter"
I'll never sell this bike, ever! It always puts a smile on my face when I ride it
-br
It seems the Bombadil and Hunqapillar frames are beloved. They're stout, beautiful, and sometimes have intricate additional tubes and lugs. While I've done a lot of reading about Rivendell I was a bit unclear on the origins and intended uses of these frames.
I wanted to start a thread where we could share and dump info about these bikes along with pictures of builds.
Joe and Jim were helpful in laying out a bit of background in
another thread, there's some great info there.
The first mention I can find of the Bombadil is in RR 41, sometime in 2009. Excerpted pages attached. As a few members might recall I am very into raw frames with brass spilling out of the lugs! I know that many Bombadil owners have had their frames repainted like Jason Fuller, whose absolute stunner shows up here from time to time. By the way, the picture below is one of my very favorite Rivendell images.
There's also the butter-banana Bombadil that recently sold on eBay. I believe that one was purchased by John Watson of the Radavist (and he's got a Hunq) so we might see some nice pics of that bike sometime soon.
Are both of these frame names borrowing from Tolkien? I understand RBW had to stop using Tolkien names.
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