Picked up this 51cm Hunqapillar with a dented seat tube. I plan to have it repaired, and may offer it for sale as it's too small for me, (dammit!) and too tall for my wife. Takes 26" wheels, but 650b may be an option too. Such a nice bike! I've been given some advice by a couple folks who know more about these things than I do, and the consensus is the seat tube can be re-rounded with no sacrifice to the integrity. Aside from aesthetics, it could be ridden as is. If not, the seat tube can be replaced of course, but that would involve a total repaint which itself costs more than the repair. Then again, I (or anyone interested) could pick any color...and the cost would still come in well below half what a new Hunq goes for these days.
I think the best path forward is to send back to Waterford, who made it in Dec 2015, and have them make the assessment and repair. I would also have them check alignment etc. I'll use this thread to document the process, and this Flickr Album to show more detail: https://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/albums/72157693058190152 <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nP-dPCokh1s/WuRaKTB3KYI/AAAAAAAABgs/UqIJpeXt96Yppx1Y_4I7IxkToRY9uoOMgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4820.jpg> If and when it is offered for sale, I'll re-post accordingly. Marty -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
