Mike, Fantastic!
I ride my mammoth hard and put it away wet. For short trips around town, to trails a few miles away, on wondrously long and short bikepacking trips, single track, dirt roads, paved. I think 70-80 miles is my longest ride, on the Great Divide MTB trail (road, truth be told). For the same effort, I would have gone 100-120 on paved. I keep a large saddle sack on my back rack and an x-small as a front bag and I regularly pass others biking the roads around town, and am rarely passed by bikers on the known roadie routes around here. As Grant says, the quality of the engine matters far more than the few pounds in the frame, and those few pounds will more than pay their way when you discover trail riding and trails to bike pack on. Perhaps get a few wheel sets, so you have the light road set up and the heavy duty trail set up. Go Hunqa! With abandon, Patrick On Friday, January 31, 2014 11:31:32 AM UTC-7, Mike K. wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I've been admiring Rivendell's website and the various Flickr pages > associated with it for a few years now. This year looks like I should > finally be able to buy one. I have a few bikes now that I have set up as > near a Rivendell as I can, but they're just not what I'm looking for > (probably all psychological, but still). > > I'm torn between the Sam Hillborne and the Hunqapillar. I don't do any > touring now, but that's largely due to not having a bike to do it. I have > plenty of friends who go bike camping now that I'm in Texas, and am looking > forward to it this summer. Upwards of 30 miles each way, fully loaded with > camping gear, food, etc. for a few days' trip. > > Mostly, though, I am a commuter. About 4 miles each way. I have a commuter > now, a 1984 Cannondale 56cm ST300 frame with an SR Apex 30/44/48 Triple > front and a 12-32 8-speed Cassette in the back, 35mm Bontrager "Commuter" > tires with Longboard fenders, Nitto Mustache bars with bar ends and a Nitto > Technomic Stem, and a Daija Rear Rack I bought from VO. It's a good bike, > but just a tad small and I'm not comfortable loading even for the camping > trips. > > I would be all-in for the Hunqa, except I'm concerned about it being a > bear to just ride around with a light load or unloaded if I was heading out > for a day ride around town, which points me to the Sam. Plus the Sam is a > good bit cheaper these days, but I would move a good deal of components > from the Cannondale to the new frame. > > Anyway, sorry for the word vomit. My point: anyone have experience with > these two as far as handling? I'd love a Hunqa. I think it's a real beauty, > diaga-tube and all. I'm 6' even with longish legs. Around an 89 PBH, so I'd > be looking at a 58cm in either bike, 2tt on the Sam, diaga-tube on the > Hunqa. I'm just afraid it's too beefy for just riding around. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Cheers, > Mike > -- 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
