My would be my all road/off road ride. I would probably set it up with 26 x 2.0 tires (I would likely get the 48), and set it up with either a triple or a compact double with a mountain bike cassette in back. Handlebars I might try Salsa Woodchippers otherwise the Nitto Noodle. I would replace my rarely ridden Gunnar Sport. Leaving me with my Quickbeam as my nice weather commuter/road ride/light trail ride bike, and my 1 x 8 crosscheck as my bad weather/winter commuter and child trailer pulling bike.
While the Hunq looks like, I am more likely to implement a plan similar to this by selling the Gunanr and getting a Salsa Fargo, or if I get lucky a used Atlantis. Dan Abelson St. Paul, MN On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:17 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > So the Hunqapillar is going to cost $1500 this summer/fall. You can > pre-order one for $1400, and if you pre-order one by tomorrow, you get > a $100 credit towards parts. You were tempted and so was I. You > aren't going to bite, and I'm not either. But, you did have an idea > on how you were going to squeeze it into your stable, and rationalize > it to yourself and your family. What did that plan look like? > > For me, I have a Hillborne and just picked up a Bombadil. A > Hunqapillar would have to fit into an extremely tight window between > those two bikes. My plan was > > 1. Move the 36 hole wheelset from the Hillborne to the Hunqa. Build > a lighter 32 hole wheelset for the Hillborne. > 2. Run 37c Paselas on the Hunqa, until I get 40+ Schwalbes. Run Jack > Browns or narrower on the Hillborne > 3. Get an Albatross or Moustache bar stem setup that could in > principle work on either the Hunqa or the Hillborne > 4. Run a front cargo basket setup on the Hunqa > 5. Switch the Hillborne to a 44/29 compact double > > I have parts enough that I'd be able to build up a Hunqa for under > $1700 retail. The build list is complete. So for the time being, the > Hillborne would have run a little bit more like a budget Hilsen, with > a bomber wheelset available for loaded touring. The Hunqa would be a > comfy city-commute-trail bike with drop bar convertability from the > other bikes. The Bomba is going to be a on/off dirt distance bike > that also can pull my Burley Piccolo. I would have ordered a 54cm > Hunqa. I still might, but it'll be next year at the soonest. I'll > probably get that second wheelset all ready regardless. I want the > Hillborne svelte for the Grizzly Peak Century. > > How would you have run the Hunqa you are not going to buy tomorrow? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
