I had it on the wall in my office for years. I've never heard it mentioned, but one of the early Hunqapillar brochures showed three colors they had planned for the heat tube and decals, red/maroon, orange and blue, which apparently didn't make the cut. The three Mammoths on the poster seem to reflect those three colors.
On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 2:23:17 PM UTC-6 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm enjoying the discussion, pics and details! > > Does anyone have a higher-res version of this absurd Hunq poster? > > [image: 440ebc01ea30bd8ba7f7e5328708bea2--urban-life-bicycle-art.jpg] > > On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 3:11:30 PM UTC-5 Coal Bee Rye Anne wrote: > >> This is certainly an interesting and complex question and I am in no >> position to provide any answers or guidance but think it's further >> complicated by overall cost changes over time and how it's been mentioned >> before how some of the Tolkien models like Bombadil & Legolas essentially >> became off menu, non-custom customs - wasn't it something like a stock geo >> Nobilette built but non-Joe Bell paint frame so significantly less than a >> full custom and more of a made-to-order with the custom builder... in other >> words, were they ever actually being made in the same exact place, even >> when both were MUSA? >> >> Years ago before acquiring my 65cm Clem H I actually posed a similar >> question to Will regarding the Waterford made A.Homer Hilsen vs. Waterford >> made 64cm Sam Hillborne, which was the only MUSA made Hillborne size at the >> time, and had me wondering what, if anything, would ultimately make the two >> differ in overall cost/value/performance when considering a made to order >> canti-equipped countrybike with both options going through Waterford. I >> was just over the recommended pbh range for the production 62cm Hillborne >> and understood going to Waterford for a 64cm Sam would essentially >> eliminate the value gained from the Taiwan production Sam's so I really was >> just looking to verify whether the ultimate difference may more or less >> boil down to a visual one with the sloping Hillborne vs. the more >> horizontal Homer, if overall costs and tubing at that size would >> effectively balance out. The whole discussion ended up being moot since >> this was in fact right at the time the 64cm Sam was already pulled and they >> just hadn't gotten around the updating the site yet to reflect the changes >> and Riv's recommendation became a 67cm AHH by default. Of course, the 65cm >> Clem H was also about to be released and ultimately meet my value based >> mega size Rivendell biking needs. >> >> Brian Cole >> Lawrence NJ >> >> On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 2:29:05 PM UTC-5 jasonz...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> I've often wondered what made the Hunq the "less expensive Bombadil" >>> given the tubing being as Grant calls "the most expensive tubes around". >>> I'm assuming it was based on it being MIT and the Bomba being a MUSA >>> frame? IF so, were they equally priced once the Hunq moved to MUSA >>> Waterford, why/why not? I figured it was something similar to the >>> manufacturing locations of the Quickbeam/SimpleOne with the exception that >>> those two have identical geometry and the Hunq/Bomba are different. I'm >>> only asking because its often referred here as the cheaper bomba, but I was >>> of the understanding it was more like the 700c bike (hunq) and the bomba >>> was the 650b earlier option. >>> >>> Probably a messy way to ask but to clean it up, can anyone tell me if >>> the Hunq was actually that much cheaper once it was moved to Wisconsin and >>> also if the tubing stayed the same once it was manufactured in the US? >>> >>> thanks! Love these two bikes and this thread! >>> Jason >>> >>> On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 11:44:50 AM UTC-6 Dick Combs wrote: >>> >>>> They are the same, both the originals that came with the frame >>>> >>>> On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 11:24:59 AM UTC-5 J J wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cool pair of Hunqs! are the forks different? Or is it just the photo >>>>> angle that makes the curve on the fork on the one with the black saddle >>>>> look different? >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 6:56:43 AM UTC-5 Dick Combs wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> [image: 61977D70-55E2-4782-A93A-A8333171AFD6.jpeg][image: >>>>>> 7A5D4923-2037-4ACB-81D6-3091B473A0FB.jpeg]My two Hunqs >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/856d2a48-5757-404b-acb7-2745a1a749a0n%40googlegroups.com.
