Alright y'all, help me work out this inner quandary I've had over getting a new bike or not (to replace one in my stable). The demo Hunqs shown on the blug are really making my insides jump at the thought of a 29er Hunq for offroad riding/bikepacking.
I have 4 bikes, and I've tried specializing each (to an extent) because in essence 3 of them are all-rounder type frames. I've turned one of them, a 26er XO-1 clone, into my off-road tourer. 2.1" knobbies for trails, RTP for roads/gravel, frame bag, front panniers, Swift saddle bag, On-One Mary bars + Ergon grips, the whole getup. Recently I've been dabbling into resources around 27.5 and 29er bikes for bikepacking (i.e. Surly Bridge Club and Hunq), feeling that my 26er might not be the best choice nowadays in today's landscape of bike options, falling short in the jack-of-all-trades master-of-none kind of way. What I keep telling myself is the old adage that really, any bike will do the trick (for the most part), and that my 26er XO-1 clone is a fine bike for off-road touring. Plus, people rode (and ride) 26" MTBs for a loooong time and all was good. I don't ride offroad *that* much, but nowadways when I plan multi-day trips they're geared toward mixed terrain**. I don't doubt that a jump from my XO-1 clone to a Hunq would in itself make a huge difference in ride quality, but in terms of wheel size, would swapping to a 29er really make that big a difference? Thank you for your insight! Erik in Philly **Right now I'm in the midst of planning to ride a portion of the Idaho Hot Springs MTB route in September. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
