Mike, Maybe you've ruled this out already, but why not an Atlantis? In my mind, it seems to split the difference between the Sam H. and the Hunqa P.
Aaron "Middle Man" Young The Dalles, OR On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 8:13 AM, RJM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Sam is a good bike that can be set up a ton of ways. Mine is set up >> with noodles and has v brakes, bar end shifters, 650 wheels with pari moto >> tires. I really rides fine for a road bike, descends well, all day comfort. >> I have thought recently about switching the bike over to albatross and >> putting some fatty rumpkin tires on. Making it more of a roadster than a >> road bike...if that makes any sense. Anyway, the Sam is really versatile in >> that regard. I rode it for a couple of years with our bike club and was >> able to hang with the group that averaged 19-20mph. I have done a few short >> camping trips with my Sam and it has performed well, but I did wish I had a >> little wider tires on a singletrack ride I did last year. >> > > I prefer the parallel top tubes on the Sam over the Hunq's diagnatubes > just for aesthetic reasons. > > I prefer the headtube badge of the Hunq to the Sam's. > > > I think, in the long run, if you do any kind of dirt riding and taking > into account your desire to tote stuff camping, the Hunq may be the better > bike for you. I haven't ridden one, but people who have seem to love them. > I don't think the bike will be all that sluggish and you will have the > opportunity to slap wider tires onto the bike. I don't think the bike will > be a bear to ride unloaded at all. Good luck. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
