Well, I _am_ on the list for one. Just haven't finalized my build, yet. It will be for "all rounder" riding (like my other two bikes). With maybe a bit more emphasis on the dirt.
It's also giving me an excuse to (a) build a rear wheel; (b) use a Phil freewheel hub, neither of which have done before. But don't want to say much more, as that would be giving away the ending<G>. Eric Plat St. Paul, MN On Mar 24, 4:54�pm, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha, excellent conversation... I had it pretty well figured out. The Hunq was > going to be my mountain bike. �I'd put my "heavy" Phil Wood 36^ wheelset on > with Nanoraptors. �I'd need to buy most of the other components though, that > was the deal breaker :-( �I'd keep my AllRounder "light" wheelset on as is > with fat slick tires (Top Touring 2K 42mm at the moment). �Then have my > roadie �bike (30 miles on it today!) for you know, roadie stuff. �Then I'd > have the Quickbeam, which is getting harder and harder to justify keeping... > > But instead I bought a complete used Karate Monkey for half the price of the > Hunq frame by itself. > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:30 PM, James Dinneen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought that I had put "new bike" lust out of my head. However all this > > talk about Hunqa, has made me start to think about how big my bike gap is, > > especially now that one of my kids has take my Trek 950 to use at school. > > The gap seems to be right at this point. I do not need or want suspension > > but wide tires and stout tubes for marginal dirt roads/paths, would be > > nice. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Jim D. � � � � � � � � � �Massachusetts > > > --- On *Wed, 3/24/10, Bill Connell <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Bill Connell <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [RBW] You won't be ordering a Hunqapillar by tomorrow, but.... > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 3:00 PM > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:17 PM, William > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1126.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > How would you have run the Hunqa you are not going to buy tomorrow? > > > It would be my trail bike and offroad tourer. I still ride my MB4, but > > it's really too small for me. I have a Crosscheck that doubles as a > > commuter and gravel bike, but it's mostly set up as a singlespeed > > lately, and my Redwood stays as my fast/long distance road bike. It > > would basically serve as the dirt-oriented, geared version of what the > > Crosscheck is now. I guess my bike gap for something like the Hunqa is > > bigger than yours. > > > I'd most likely use 45-50cm tires, 1x8 or 1x9 gearing, front dyno > > wheel and LED light, maybe mustache bars and a rear rack for my Pa > > panniers, along with a deep desire not to turn around and head home > > quite yet. > > > -- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN > > > -- > > 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]<http://us.mc1126.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rbw-owners-bu...@google...> > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+ > > [email protected]<http://us.mc1126.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroup...> > > . > > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib�[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." �~Bill Nye, > scientist guy- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
