Rob - great story, and I can relate! I received my 54cm Hunqapillar today. It's gorgeous! The packing job was impeccable, and I got some doodle art on the box, as well.
I am in between sizes, so I originally rode a 54 and 58 while visiting Riv HQ last summer. Since I will be primarily using this for camping/off-road as a foil for my AHH, I decided on the smaller frame size. I really liked the 54 with a moustache setup, so when I heard they were nearly out of the original color, I had to pick one up. Brian Tester helped out (he has a 54cm Hunq too). I started the build today, but am waiting on a few parts. Here's the pics so far: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzeCUFj BTW - I put a Haulin' Colin rack (http://www.haulincolin.com/porteur.html) that was originally designed for the newish Rawland rSogn on it. It fits just right, and makes a really solid mount the front. He is doing another batch soon, and was wondering if he should market this rack to Rivendell owners. I would say yes at this point - no modification is necessary on the Hunqapillar, and if the hourglass mounts are in the same place on the other Riv canti models, it should be a go for them, as well. Brian Seattle, WA On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Robert F. Harrison <rfharri...@gmail.com>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. > > -- > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrix.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
