> Don McClung is one of the only builders I have seen who does beautiful > double top tube bikes:
I am partial to the Retrotec take on double top tubes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrotec-inglis-cycles/4317194725/sizes/l/ Arguably triple as the top tube is split. If Curtis ever gets it in the mail, I will shoot some pics for current classics. Mike Flanigan of AntBike does some nice double curving top tubes as well, but not so often any more. On topic, Riv consistently has some of the nicest bending forks among current makes whether manufactured or custom. I like the curved riv forks better on the Hilsen or the Riv mixtes myself, but to each their own. On Feb 9, 4:52 pm, Dustin Sharp <dsh...@runbox.com> wrote: > Very few double top tubes have ever worked for me aesthetically. > > Now, maybe it¹s just because it¹s a big frame or something, but the big > Bombadil in the Hunqa flyer is just awkward looking. Something about the > sloping toptube, double toptube and jacked up stem. I guess that one really > deserves the name hunqapillar because it¹s a big shambling beast of a bike. > > Don McClung is one of the only builders I have seen who does beautiful > double top tube bikes: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/awalker/10829494/ > > Anyway, love the Hunqa name and functionality, but not sold on the looks of > the big ones. Also not sold on the need for a double top tube. That's OK > though as I already own an overweight, overbuilt all-rounder touring rough > stuff machine. > > Dustin > > > > > From: Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:39:55 -0600 > > To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [RBW] A virtual sales brochure, and special offer > > > If I were at all in a position to get a new bike this year it would > > almost certainly be a Hunq. The only thing that gives me any pause > > about it is the double top tube. I have no problem at all with it > > aesthetically, but I'd ride it as a trail/gravel bike an I know i'd > > periodically need to carry the bike for a log bridge or stair climb or > > something. It doesn't seem easily shoulderable with the extra frame > > tube there. > > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > >> This new model really piques the interest. Seriously (and I mean > >> actual, really, serious) thinking of selling my Atlantis to facilitate > >> a Hunqa. Plus, could move up a couple of sizes. (Atlantis 56. New > >> Hunqa would be 58.) > > >> A couple of years ago 700x60 tires weren't around. Hence my > >> Atlantis. But with this, it gets very, very tempting. Might even be > >> tempted to go "skinny" and ride Marathon Supreme 700x50. > > >> Eric Platt > >> St. Paul, MN > > > -- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW > > Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
