This thread is dangerous to my marriage. I have so much lust for the Hunqapillar.
I've been riding a Riv-ified Trucker Deluxe a fair bit for commuting; it's what I took on a recent mixed-terrain tour of the Bay Area recently. I mostly stayed on gravel and fire trails. Equipped with an overpacked camping/touring load, there were some sections of the Bolinas Ridge trail that were too rutted and steep (up and down) where I felt more comfortable walking, but unloaded I may have been more bold. I took the BBH shop Hunqapillar, equipped with 29x2.1 Smart Sams, I think, a front rack and trunk sack, and a medium saddle sack, no fenders, for a spin through Shell Ridge. Fire trails and smooth single track there. There was nothing that my Pugsley would have handled better, or that the Trucker would have handled worse. On Thursday, December 5, 2013 4:38:46 PM UTC-5, Addison wrote: > > Those Niners are nice and I like the SS. A little beyond the pricepoint I > want to pay for a very niche bike in my stable. One of the weird things > things I think about with a mountain bike is that the bike being beat up > and muddy all of the time plus the overall lack of interest/aesthetics of > the mtn components makes me just go more "bang for your buck" mass produced > option. It doesn't hurt that the CRAVE seems like the ride that I would > use for snow/mud riding and then hardly care if it was parked in the > garage. Ridden hard and put up wet, might be one way of putting it. > > With my steel bikes I tend to get pretty fussy about maintenance and > cleanliness and pretty parts in ways that don't lend themselves to me > buying a really nice steel mountain frame. Just my own admittedly quirky > take on mountain bikes. > > Oh, yeah, the carbon fork is a consideration but at 140ish pounds I'm not > too worried about that. I also like that I could pretty easily put a XX1 > or some other 1 x N gearing on it. > > I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on the CRAVE and will post pics, > report, if that happens. > > > > Addison Wilhite > Educator - The Academy of Arts, Careers & Technology, Reno, Nevada ( > http://www.washoecountyschools.org/aact/) > Blogger - Reno Rambler (http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com) > Bicycle Advocate - Regional Transportation Commission, Bicycle Pedestrian > Advisory Committee ( > http://www.rtcwashoe.com/public-transportation-22-124.html) > > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Addison >> >> I agree with you on that Specialized. It's really appealing. >> >> >> On Thursday, December 5, 2013 12:14:14 PM UTC-8, Addison wrote: >> >>> What kind of fully rigid 29er are you riding? I've been eyeing this: >>> >>> http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/crave/crave-sl-29 >>> >>> Not my usual aesthetic at all! But I like the simplicity of it. I >>> found that I would get over my head quickly when I had a full suspension. >>> >>> Speaking to the overall topic of this thread...I tend to think of a >>> Mountain Bike as a pretty specific thing anymore. Not because you can't >>> ride dirt/trails on a host of other rigs...but mountain bikes have a pretty >>> distinctive feel to them. I say this having regularly ridden my MB-1, Riv >>> Allrounder, Gunnar Crosshairs, and Gunnar Sport in dirt. Those are all fun >>> bikes to ride in a multitude of surfaces,..but the MB-1 is distinctly >>> better for "mountain biking" as was my full suspension bike that I have >>> since sold. >>> >>> Not trying to pick nits though. >>> >>> >>> >>> Addison Wilhite >>> Educator - The Academy of Arts, Careers & Technology, Reno, Nevada ( >>> http://www.washoecountyschools.org/aact/) >>> Blogger - Reno Rambler (http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com) >>> Bicycle Advocate - Regional Transportation Commission, Bicycle >>> Pedestrian Advisory Committee (http://www.rtcwashoe.com/ >>> public-transportation-22-124.html) >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Montclair BobbyB >>> <montcla...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> After years of riding full-suspension (and suffering countless endos in >>>> technical terrain), I finally settled back into riding only fully-rigid >>>> 29ers, which I have been blissfully riding for the past few years... I'll >>>> never go back. For the slow techie stuff, I simply have better control.. >>>> just slower and more precise. You get instant feedback, precise control, >>>> and a better sense of your limitations. I don't do jumps, so don't need >>>> the >>>> suspension. Besides, a steel Niner with tubeless 2.35s isn't completely >>>> devoid of "give"... The frame, tires, legs and arms provide all the give >>>> I >>>> need. But the responsiveness and snappy feel of steel... BLISSFUL!!! >>>> >>>> Not entirely knocking suspension... ALL my friends ride >>>> full-suspension, most with AMAZING skill... It's just not for me, that's >>>> all. >>>> BB >>>> >>>> On Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:30:10 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.comwrote: >>>>> >>>>> Why have sus: You can go the same places, just a LOT faster! :) >>>>> >>>>> Climbing or flats are about the same, but you can go much faster >>>>> downhill with suspension. >>>>> >>>>> Especially without having your arms ache at the end of it! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, December 5, 2013 10:35:01 AM UTC-8, Anne Paulson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Good question. A related question is why would someone choose a bike >>>>>> with a front suspension, or a bike with a full suspension, over a >>>>>> rigid bike like the Hunq? Assuming that one is a normally skilled Riv >>>>>> rider (not a crazy stunt rider, but someone who is comfortable on >>>>>> gravel roads), when if ever would a suspension bike be a better >>>>>> choice? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:43 AM, Brian Campbell <bdcamp...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > I was wondering if anyone was using their Hunq as a "true" mountain >>>>>> bike? By >>>>>> > which, I mean, no racks, fenders or bags.While it is a very >>>>>> versatile >>>>>> > frameset, does anyone use theirs only in off road scenarios? If >>>>>> yes, what >>>>>> > are your thoughts on what it does well and maybe (shudder) what it >>>>>> does not >>>>>> > do well? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>>> >>>>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- Anne Paulson >>>>>> >>>>>> It isn't a contest. 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