Hey René, are you sure about the 40mm trail on the Hunqapillar? This image on Riv's site: http://www.rivbike.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/WFHunq62.jpg (From the Hunq page: http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/f-hunqapillar.htm ) Seems to indicate a massive-sounding 67.3mm trail. Or is that talking about some other sort of trail, or measuring it differently?
I'd assumed that my Hunqapillar borders on being quite-high-trail. But if it really is 40mm and the others we've been talking about are but 1cm less, well, that doesn't seem like so much... Would you mind letting me know where you found the 40mm number for the Hunq? Best, Reed On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:07 PM, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Garth, > > After my extensive research and e-mail exchanges with Jan, plus my > experience with my Atlantis & Hunqapillar, for upright riding, the low > trail target should be 40mm. The Rando bikes depicted usually have around > 29mm of trail, meant for more forward positioning/fast riding with lower > handlebars. > > The Atlantis/Hunqapillar have 40mm of trail and ride very well loaded and > unloaded; riding them loaded is amazingly nice. > > For my custom, I requested 35mm of trail to have a bit more of the "pure > low trail" characteristics and also because i'm now riding with my bars > almost level with my saddle. > > Still, if in doubt, 40mm seems to be the magical most versatile low trail > number to go for. And all caveats about getting used to what you ride apply. > > Also, the difference in handling between 30 and 40mm of trail is much less > than the difference between 40 and 55, according to Jan's articles. > > René > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:29 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> While I see lots about low trail bikes with drop bars , I have not >> heard/seen much about riding on low trail bikes with long sloping top >> tubes(6+ degrees) and high bars(at least above the saddle height). >> Basically a much higher center of gravity than a drop bar bike. A recent >> blug post GP mentioned something about this not being so desirable but did >> not elaborate. >> >> So basically I'm wondering how a Bombadil or Hunq would be with Alba >> type bars at least couple inches above the saddle would be ? >> >> I've considered another Bombadil or even a Hunq type frame but I need >> more front foot-tire/fender clearance than either stock bike offers in >> 60+cm. frames. I could do this by either going to a low trail design >> and/or 650b wheels but I have no idea how it would ride. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
