Hahaha. Congratulations Bob! For everyone else, I'm laughing because one of the topics on the ride back from points hinter, was that Bob was going to stop at Riv to look at a new Hunq, but *hopefully* not buy one because, hey, obviously one needs a new hole in their wallet like new hole in their head. Well, we all had the good manners not to voice it, but at the same time we all knew he was going home with one, because when the strongest protestation you can muster is "hopefully", umm, yeah. Good luck with that.
If it helps, I've NEVER heard someone make the old saw about the two best days of owning a bike are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. To the contrary, most (not all, but most) folks forget about the expense within a paycheck or two. As my brother is wont to say, "women's made for lovin', money's made for spendin'." Best wishes for you and your new Hunq, -Allan On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 5:27:14 PM UTC-7, Statrixbob wrote: > > I just happened to be in Walnut Creek today and... > > Okay, I actually had planned my vacation this year to include San > Francisco and Walnut Creek. I arrived yesterday after spending the last 12 > days or so biking the Oregon coast and spending time with family in > Portland. I'd added a leg to SF when I discovered it wasn't very expensive > to add the leg to my ticket and I got a great deal at The Mosser in SF that > made an extra 5 days possible. Admittedly it's a tiny little room, but > holds me and my bike so there you go. > > Today I took the BART out to Walnut Creek thinking that Grant would be off > on his book tour but he was in town, actually doing some other publicity > stuff. I got to meet him in person, get a copy of his book, and then worked > with Vince on a little something else. > > I had my PBH remeasured and sure enough, I'm still mostly leg, at least > 95.5 (and I'd thought I was 94). > > I test rode the 64 Sam and the 62 Hunq. > > Both were fantastic. The Hunq was just slightly more fantastic for me. I > stress the "for me" bit because it could easily be the other way around for > someone else. I just like really fat tires and riding on the Big Apples > they had attached showed me just how comfortable that bike can be. > > I went with the stock build kit for a couple of reasons. First it's good > stuff and does save me a bit on the build. In a perfect world I might have > toyed with a few things but that would have added unnecessarily to the > cost. In the future I'll upgrade when things wear out. > > The only thing that concerns me is the Alba bars. They were really nice on > the test Hunq I rode, though I'm a moustache guy. I'm thinking that I may > swap the Albas on the Hunq with the M-bars on my QB. I use the QB around > town for the most part. That'll be like getting two new bikes. :-) > > After spending all that money I spent the afternoon on the trails leading > up to Mount Diablo. I didn't go up because it was hot and late in the day, > I hadn't eaten much today, and I only had one bottle of water. That and I > didn't want to climb 2,000 feet after all the climbing in Oregon. It was > still a lovely day for a ride and next time I'm in the Bay Area I know > exactly how to get there. :-) > > All in all it was great to meet Grant, Vince is a great guy, the Hunq is a > super bike, and I'm still a bike short, I only have 'n' bikes. > > My arsenal now includes (as of July) > > 62 Hunq > 66 Quickbeam > ?? RB-1 (in Hilo) > Bike Friday New World Tourist > Fujiyama (a house brand for McCully Bicycle back in the day) single speed > beater (freshly powder coated and shod with Big Apples) > > > That'll do it for a while. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/sdaznWZFoCUJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
