At the risk of getting flogged or banned, I have to be honest... for me the diagonal tube will take some time before I warm up to it. Even the double parallel TT looked odd and freakish to me at first, but now I absolutely love it... it looks strong and clean, and yet still preserves the classic triangle of the frame. My first reaction to the diagonal tube was that it somehow disrupts this clean look. At second glance it starts to look kinda funky-cool, and I expect there will be that one owner who will set it up in such a cool way as to establish the true personality of this bike and really bring it to life. I'm still kinda on the fence about the gray and red... I guess I have to see a few built up... although the pic on the Riv site with the Big Apples and bullmoose bars (and single TT) looks awesome in that color. But I believe there's still a hidden color combo out there just waiting to get at the Hunqapillar... that's what I find so exciting about these bikes... the fact that I love the Atlantis stock color, but LOVE some of the alternate colors I've seen. The green Hillborne looks great; the orange Hillborne looks stunning...
Funny thing about the double TT... my friend (half-seriously) joked in an email about the Bombadil... "It looks like one of those Chinese Flying Pidgeons that millions of people ride in China", to which I could have responded with a nasty computer virus... instead I just said: "That was intentional... it's a passive anti-theft device"... I'm dying to do some kind of "tank" bag accessory for my Bombadil that will fit between the top tubes... I suppose the bag-makers could have a field day designing frame bags for the Hunqapillar... but I digress. Peace, BB On Aug 31, 8:19 pm, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree it is fantastic. I also am dreaming and scheming, thinking of > rational reasons to get it by the budget committee (my loving wife who > is near the end of her patience with my bike fetish.) Harris Cyclery's > Elton Pope Lance's rationalization (on his web site) is a classic that > I look to for inspiration. Jim D. Massachusetts > > On Aug 30, 1:51 pm, cm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Photos of the painted Hunqua are up on Riv. > > >http://www.rivbike.com/assets/payloads/354/original_HUNQA_AUG_30_site... > > > WOW! It looks awesome. I was definitely anti-diagonal when it was > > suggested and was disappointed when they decided to go for it. Now I > > have to admit that I was wrong, it looks great and I am dreaming and > > scheming. > > > Any other crossovers out there? > > > Cheers! > > cm- 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.
