"I can't imagine anyone regretting a choice between the two, though; they're both wondrous bicycles"
>From someone who is in a great position to offer a comparison. Well said, Shawn. And another testament to the versatility of a Rivendell. Your Atlantis is your joyride bike. Mine always has at least a rear rack plus front bag plus generally weight un-conscious components. There are probably Hunqs out there set-up as joyride bikes, and people loving them in that guise. dougP On Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 7:09:48 PM UTC-7, shawn m. wrote: > > I have both bikes. My Hunqapillar is a 54 with 700C wheels, the Atlantis > is a 56 with 26" wheels. The Hunq is set up with racks, fenders, > dyno/lights, and boscos. The Atlantis is minimal by comparison; drop bars, > downtube shifters, no racks, no fenders, no dyno, but a pretty nice set of > 90s era White Industries hubs. There are SO many differences in the setup > that it's not super meaningful to compare the two. Sure, as FRAMESETS > there's a lot of mission overlap; but as they're set up in the real world, > they are fundamentally different bikes. I use the Atlantis for joyriding, > and the Hunq for everything (commuting, errands, camping, touring....AND > joyriding). The Atlantis handles much quicker than the Hunq. Shorter > chainstays? Maybe, but it might be just a simple case of being lighter. I > can't imagine anyone regretting a choice between the two, though; they're > both wondrous bicycles. > > On Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 6:21:54 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: >> >> Interesting. 48 mm for a 26" wheeled Atlantis vs 55 mm for a 26" wheeled >> Hunq. Maybe more going on here than meets the eye? >> >> dougP >> >> On Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 3:58:45 PM UTC-7, Philip Kim wrote: >>> >>> Weird. According to their Geo chart, the Hunq (26er) has more BB drop >>> than the Alantis (26). Shok >>> Uldnt it have less if it is more for off road touring? >> >> -- 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/d/optout.
