[RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
Apologies for taking so long to post again on this thread! Thanks to all who had a thing or two to say and took the time to post links to pictures and whatnot. Sadly, I've been swamped with work, life happenings, other projects and varying other $-suckers so still no new tires on the Hunq! Will certainly report back once something happens. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 9:31:58 AM UTC-8, Ant Ritchey wrote: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, ( --- HERE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/waterford$20hunq/rbw-owners-bunch/vjPEda_VHYo/KREpRtBXre8J ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
i currently run wtb 2.55 weirwolf on the front and a 2.1 wtb nanoraptor on the rear. plenty of clearance for both, even when run at low psi. they are mounted on 27mm wide rims. no issues. have fun. scott bend, or On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 2:46:54 PM UTC-8, Takashi wrote: I have a 1st generation Hunqapillar. Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro tires (29x2.25) fit fine. They measure about 55mm on my rims (my rims are 19mm wide). If you use wider rims, tires may rub your frame/fork. I have read somewhere that newer Hunqapillar has more tire clearance than old ones. I don't remember where I read it. Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/sets/72157641749379205/ Takashi 2015年2月4日水曜日 2時31分58秒 UTC+9 Ant Ritchey: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, ( --- HERE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/waterford$20hunq/rbw-owners-bunch/vjPEda_VHYo/KREpRtBXre8J ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
Jim, I live in Nagano Prefecture. Not as cold as in Hokkaido, but cold enough to keep most cyclists in their houses. Takashi 2015年2月5日木曜日 7時51分07秒 UTC+9 Jim Bronson: Wow that's beautiful Takashi. Are you on the Hokkaido Island/Province (not sure what the proper name is!)? On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Takashi lachry...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I have a 1st generation Hunqapillar. Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro tires (29x2.25) fit fine. They measure about 55mm on my rims (my rims are 19mm wide). If you use wider rims, tires may rub your frame/fork. I have read somewhere that newer Hunqapillar has more tire clearance than old ones. I don't remember where I read it. Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/sets/72157641749379205/ Takashi 2015年2月4日水曜日 2時31分58秒 UTC+9 Ant Ritchey: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, (--- HERE ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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-bun...@googlegroups.com javascript:. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript:. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
I've not a had a Hunq, but I can speak a sec about the Bomba... I originally ordered mine as a layaway frame. Before I finished paying it off, they'd changed it up from the 2TT style to the diagonal middle tube. I instantly fell for the new style, and as I was paying off the layaway, paid extra to upgrade my frame to the new style. However, it came w/ a warning: it will cause a delay. That was okay w/ me; it did take awhile, but they were very upfront about it.The reason for the delay, was that it was getting a new fork crown, that was wider than their previously-available ones. In addition, they were working out the extra stays on them; they had Nobilette add them onto the frames from Waterford. Anyway, it made for massive clearance on the Bombadil. I'm 'guessing' here, but that the new fork crowns could be the ones that the Hunq can use now, too, which enabled the extra clearance. Here, you can see my Bomba when I first got it; those are Pacenti NeoMoto 2.3's on there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/6836831408/in/set-72157623199721925 I even added fenders on over those tires, with enough clearance for my thumb to pass through (https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/7150235995/in/set-72157623199721925 ) Of course, you have to take me w/ a grain of salt: I'm running 40 MSO's on a Romulus, too (https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/16004557507/in/set-72157623199721925) So, I tend to push for more rubber.. FWIW -L On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 12:31:58 PM UTC-5, Ant Ritchey wrote: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, ( --- HERE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/waterford$20hunq/rbw-owners-bunch/vjPEda_VHYo/KREpRtBXre8J ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
From personal experience, the bean-colored era Hunqa can clear 2.25 front, 2.1 rear (Smart Sams). Green era Hunqa's I believe can do 2.25 front and rear (but I don't have one of those so others will need to verify). With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 10:31:58 AM UTC-7, Ant Ritchey wrote: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, ( --- HERE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/waterford$20hunq/rbw-owners-bunch/vjPEda_VHYo/KREpRtBXre8J ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
Wow that's beautiful Takashi. Are you on the Hokkaido Island/Province (not sure what the proper name is!)? On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Takashi lachrymae...@gmail.com wrote: I have a 1st generation Hunqapillar. Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro tires (29x2.25) fit fine. They measure about 55mm on my rims (my rims are 19mm wide). If you use wider rims, tires may rub your frame/fork. I have read somewhere that newer Hunqapillar has more tire clearance than old ones. I don't remember where I read it. Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/sets/72157641749379205/ Takashi 2015年2月4日水曜日 2時31分58秒 UTC+9 Ant Ritchey: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, (--- HERE ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
I have a 1st generation Hunqapillar. Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro tires (29x2.25) fit fine. They measure about 55mm on my rims (my rims are 19mm wide). If you use wider rims, tires may rub your frame/fork. I have read somewhere that newer Hunqapillar has more tire clearance than old ones. I don't remember where I read it. Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/sets/72157641749379205/ Takashi 2015年2月4日水曜日 2時31分58秒 UTC+9 Ant Ritchey: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, ( --- HERE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/waterford$20hunq/rbw-owners-bunch/vjPEda_VHYo/KREpRtBXre8J ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: HUNQAPILLAR tire clearance experience, a subsequent design curiosity belated NEW BIKE DAY!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/5024265087/sizes/o/ I'm 98% sure that those are 2.35 Big Apples. Just seems too fat to be 2.0 on those rims. I have a newer green hunq and have had 2.25 Schwalbe Nobby Nics on the bike with healthy room to spare. Now don't quote me on this as I haven't yet tried it, but *visually* it looks as though a 2.5 tire will fitMaybe I'm wacky!? Or hopeful, or both... I've been meaning to try something that wide. I'll try to measure in the next day or so to give a more definitive answer. Just the thought of that clearance on a lugged BB shell 29er frame conjures warm fuzzies... : ) -Bryan On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 12:31:58 PM UTC-5, Ant Ritchey wrote: Hello Riv folk Hunq tribe. Ant in Portland, here. Happy to say I'm the most excited owner of the custom paint jobb'd 62cm 2012 Waterford Hunq (AKA The Silver Fox) that the lovely Keith B posted FS a few months back. (The sideways picture in that post did that paint job so little justice!!!) The bike went through a standard baptism: brutal fenderless solo sunrise mud quest through Forest Park, rack install and a near immediate swapping and switching of bars, stem tires. The 50mm Schwalbe Duremes that came on the Hunq are wonderful tires they are most appreciated additions via their new path in life on the Atlantis. So no surprise here, right? I wanna go bigger on the Hunqapillar. I threw on the biggest I had laying around, some 29 x 2.1 Kenda Small Block 8's. My caliper says 54mm at the widest knob diameter. (I was able to safely squeeze these onto my Atlantis, for the record.) There's some room to go bigger, of course and here's where you all can steer me in the right direction... Gobs of clearance when it comes to the fork and chainstays, but looking at the seat stays it seems like a 60mm/2.35 would be pushing it. I'm on the verge of buying the first set of For-The-Hunq tires and I'd very much appreciate the Good Word of thee Group. I'm looking at some Panaracer 2.2's but would love to max this baby out! Can i go bigger? What's the word? Do you Bombadil riders get more clearance or no? From the design perspective: Probably ain't so easy to make much more clearance in the seat stay zone without doing something funky (ie bowed Atlantis chainstays), but my function/design question is this: why mega wide clearances at the fork chainstays if the seat stay clearance is the ceiling at a mere (sarcasm) 59.5ishmm? Also- if anyone recalls the initial FS posting and thread for this bike, ( --- HERE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/waterford$20hunq/rbw-owners-bunch/vjPEda_VHYo/KREpRtBXre8J ) there was a mention by the now-previous owner of larger tire clearance edition which roused some questions in the group to little avail. Were early batches of Hunq's maxing out at a more narrow tire? It's no big deal but I admit I am a little confused by this claim. Any and all info greatly appreciated. OK. Enough. I'm gonna go ride now, I swear. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
