Re: [RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-04 Thread Curtis McKenzie
Brian, Did use use a bit of chain ring for your front light mount? Neat. Wonderful pictures. Take care, Curtis On Monday, February 3, 2014, stonehog stone...@gmail.com wrote: Mike - I have a 54 Hunq and a 59 AHH (similar to the Sam). I'm 5'11 and 160 lbs for reference. I would

Re: [RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-04 Thread stonehog
Sure did. Has worked perfectly for thousands of miles! :) Brian On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 4:32:38 AM UTC-8, Curtis wrote: Brian, Did use use a bit of chain ring for your front light mount? Neat. Wonderful pictures. Take care, Curtis On Monday, February 3, 2014, stonehog

[RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-02 Thread Marc Irwin
A few years ago I bought a Hunq to upgrade my LHT. It's definitely not abear. It is incredibly agile compared to theTrucker. After riding it for a year,I wanted a lighter, faster version, so I bought a Sam. Now it's tough to decide which to ride on any given day. After a couple years with

Re: [RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-02 Thread James Warren
Mike, I can only report my experience to give you data. I spent half of last summer (I'm a teacher) just riding around on my Hunqapillar. It was never too beefy. The riding around meant paved or dirt with no hesitation in transitioning from one to the other. There were many overnight

Re: [RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-02 Thread Shoji Takahashi
Hi Mike, I'm another Hunqapillar commuter (48cm.. so much smaller than yours would be, and with 26 wheels). The Hunqapillar is no slug when riding unloaded or lightly loaded (6 miles each way for the commute). In fact, it feels much faster and more comfortable than my Surly Crosscheck. I'm

[RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-01 Thread Mike K.
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

Re: [RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-01 Thread Bruce Herbitter
The wheelset you choose will influence how the bike feels. The Hunq is a mounatin bike essentially that does other things well too. The Sam is a country bike that does dirt fire roads, packed grass, and touring really well. With lighter wheels and tires it is a fine road sport bike, but it is

Re: [RBW] Looking for my first Rivendell

2014-02-01 Thread cyclotourist
I think you would be happy with a Hunq, particularly if you are going to be using it for touring. Jim W rides his just about everywhere, and is real happy with it, maybe he will chime in. Cheers, David it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:45 PM,