Dear Geeter, I have a Plus and a Hunq. I love both machines.
The Jones is a far more capable machine overall on a variety of terrain. Rider placement, positioning and responsiveness place it in a different category than the Hunqapillar. Despite its extraordinary wheelbase and extremely large wheels and tires, the ride is anything but cumbersome. I can climb far better on the Jones than the Hunq, make the bike slide without touching brakes, yet track on technical singetrack and always get it to go where I'd like. All this with a relatively relaxed position that can be pulled into a tuck on the Jones' bars when needed. Match this with large rotors up front on a super stiff wide based fork, and you get stopping power like I haven't experienced on any other machine. The Hunq, too, offers a supremely comfortable riding position, but it doesn't climb nearly as well, and low speed handling suffers relative to the Jones. So when considering off road riding, I take the Jones every time. I think it important to note that Grant designed the Hunq in the California hills. I visited the area last Spring with my Hunqapillar, and it was great fun to ride it fully loaded with a toddler on the front on the singletrack around Mt. Tam. The smooth trails in the hills of California are a far cry from the wet, rooted, deep woods of Northern Vermont that I call home. Riding the Hunq at home offroad is a chore. For me in Vermont, the Hunq is primarily a dirt road tourer for my 2 year old son and I on our bimonthly family 4 day tours. I carry 25-30 lbs. of gear and the kid so that my wife can enjoy her ride by our side. These trips follow the dirt roads through quaint little towns around our home where we ride through cow fields, stop at breweries, make coffee, and sleep outside. The lugs of the Hunq shine here, the twine just fits, and the beautiful green blends with the surrounding Green Mountains. The Hunq descends these windy roads with aplomb. Solid and stable; never a hiccup. I get a sense that Grant had these rides in mind when he designed the Hunq. And I know that Jeff had VTs more hardcore rooted trails, steeps, and jumps in mind when he designed the plus. If one had to choose one or the other, be sure to consider key differences in component choices (discs vs. canti, eccentric bottom bracket, thru axles, boost spacing, etc.) as well as riding intention. Hope this helps. Happy to answer more specific questions about each bike if you have them. Best, Daniel in Vermont's Great Northeast Kingdom On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 3:00:43 PM UTC-5, Geeter wrote: > > Just curious if anyone on the board has a Jones 29er or Plus and a Hunq? > Overlap aside, just wondering thoughts and comparisons between the two. > -- 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.
