Nice bike, Christian! I think my Hunqa would do a brevet, in its current config, as well. When I have it outfitted with similar wheels/tires and bars as my Hilsen, it's a bit stiffer, but a superbly comfortable ride. Nice to know that it is a proven alternate if the Hilsen has an issue pre-ride...
Brian Seattle, WA On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Christian <christian.w.mcmil...@gmail.com>wrote: > So back in the fall I bought a Hunqapillar from someone on the list. I > rode it around here and there but nothing more than a few miles at a time. > For 99% of my riding I used my 650B Terraferma. The Hunqapillar was > great, but I bought it to ride around town, eventually to tour again, it > was a good deal, etc. > > But then the drive side chainstay on my beloved Terraferma broke! The > Hunqapillar needed to snap to attention. I swapped over my decaleur and > Berthoud bag, head light (it came with a SON hub), converted to drivetrain > from 1 X 8 to 3 X 8 (I'd prefer my compact Herse, but did not want to > fiddle with it and knew I'd get the Sugino up and running quickly). > > I then headed out for a ride. I needed to get the bike in shape for this > weekend's fleche. So on Monday I did a mixed terrain century using > Marathon Duremes (talk about a workout!), ordered some Paselas, and headed > out Saturday morning for the fleche. I developed some hip pain--something > that's crept up before and had been solved, I think, by my low q Herse > crank--and had to abandon. But not before getting in a 200k. > > The Hunqapillar was to be my Hunqafleche but since I did not finish I > cannot christen it a full rando bike yet. It performed well, however. The > Paselas make it look like a skinny tire bike! Here's a few photos: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwmcmillen/sets/72157633184218583/with/ > 8627620295/ > > -- > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
