I just had a few minutes to check out how well the new HAR fit my 2012 Hunq with forks from Wisco (also 2012). At least I think I have the Wisco forks.
THEY FIT FINE! They are also almost dead simple to put on. I say almost because for some reason mine were in the wrong plastic bags. That is, the HAR with paper in the bag saying LEFT belonged on the right side and vice versa. I also had to swap bolts as the supplied lower bolts would not fit into my lower eyelets. Not to worry, I had plenty of spares. I'm waiting on Olive Hub Area bags, or at least I hope there'll be some olive ones in the future so I can do more bag matching but I'm not out in the cold (well, it's in the high 80's here today). I have a set of Ortlieb panniers that fit just fine. I bought a full set for my Oregon Coast tour in 2012 and was grateful I did because of all the rain (beautiful the week before and after though). Here are some shots of the installation and the panniers on my Hunq. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/sets/72157645303602209/ After the fitting scare I was a little worried but everything is great. With a basket, all four panniers (I have Bike Packer Pluses for the rear) and my large Saddlesack I can carry way too much stuff. I'm not saying I will, but I could. Aloha, Bob On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 5:54 PM, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > NEWS FLASH ON FITTING HAR: > > Yesterday's post that it doesn't go on Wisco-bilt 700c Hunqas was based on > its not fitting on our demo bikes, but our demo Hunqabikes have prototype > fork lengths that, happily, are longer than the finals. Mark and Brian > verified this around 9:20 am this morning, so now we're back to them > working on all current and recent models. > > Today also we received, gaaaaaaaaa, a prototype V.2 with a brazed-on > fitting that allows a slick hoop mount (and we got the hoop to go with it). > This hoop is not compatible with any of the existing HARs, but don't be > bummed. There will be a hoop for those, and it doesn't seem to need one, > anyway...and the V2, when we go there, will come with the hoop and cost > even more than Bill Lindsay paid for his rack. > > And the new rack will lose the mushrooms as the bottom, arguably making it > less usable if your MO is to just lash crap onto the rack and ride off. > Those mushroons are an aid then. > But a creative fool can work around the mushrooms, and not having the > 'rooms there means no need for the 'ber 'doms that we had to order to > cover them (bar tape works as well). > > I never know whether to post this stuff or not. On one hand, it's only the > truth and I hope it shows a certain degree of conscientiousness; but > there's always the chance that it'll make us seem like keystone cops. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Cops > > I may learn not to, but for now it all seems fine. The rack, as it is, is > (in my opinion, and keep in mind that I didn't design it--Mark did) the > best HAR out there. By far the best looking, the most solid mounting, and > with the HABs, it's arguably the easiest to load. No change needed, but > we're shooting for another two percent, so there it is. > > Current price is $148. If you have one, then when we get the 'room 'doms > in, we'll send you a set. When we get the retro-fit hoop (unnecessary), > we'll sell you one super cheap, below cost. > > If you have one and want to return it, do that--for credit or refund, up > to you. > > The V.2 HAR will come with a hoop and cost ... well, we haven't been > quoted on the hoop yet, but I can assure you it'll be more than Bill > Lindsay paid for his. > > Whew.. > > On Sunday, July 13, 2014 10:27:48 PM UTC-7, Statrixbob wrote: >> >> Oops. :-) I don't think that warning was up when I ordered the HAR, but >> I'm not quite sure what "newer Hunqs" means. I know things are changing >> from time to time. My Hunq is from 2012. I was supposed to get the >> non-Wisco forks but as things worked out I did get them (as I recall there >> was fork sizing problem with some of the Asian forks required a new batch >> to be sent and in the meantime I got Wisco). Would that be a newer version? >> >> I'm out of town and can't really check at the moment so I'm not in a big >> hurry for an answer. >> >> Aloha! >> >> Bob >> >> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 9:38 PM, grant <gran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The Wisco-built 700C Hunqas don't fit the HAR, but we're working on it. >>> The "what we thought at the time was final" design was so long ago that it >>> was before the W-bilts. They have a diff crown and longer blades. The boss >>> is the same distance from the crown dhoulder, but the flades are longer, >>> which lowers the top eyes. Mark and Robert, the two guys least likely to >>> use this rack, are nevertheless the cleverest, and have two solutions >>> already. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Harrison >> Honolulu, HI >> rfhar...@gmail.com >> statrix.com >> > -- > 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. > -- Robert Harrison Honolulu, HI rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- 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. 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