I'm one person who likes the seat forward, and the 72 degree seat angles are probably too low for me. So on my Rivendells, I mount the Thomson seatpost when I can. I've found that on my Bridgestones and Trek, this isn't necessary, probably because their angles are 72.5 and 73 degrees.
-Jim W. -----Original Message----- >From: EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> >Sent: Mar 25, 2010 8:43 PM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Re: Hunqageometry > >Well, I like the 71.5 on the Hillborne. Then again, my alltimefav was >70 on the old Stumpyjumpys. That and a B-72 was nighon about perfect. > >As to color, my opinion is "so"? If it's lined, great. Never owned a >bike that was lined out. If not, fine. Not like I won't necessarily >go and mess with it myself. (This from the person who very poorly >filled in a few portholes on the Hillawhatta.) > >Eric Platt >St. Paul, MN > >On Mar 25, 12:37�pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: >> This is interesting: �Grant posts about geometry, with a comment on >> paint at the end. �And where do we go from there? �I'll take that as >> endorsement of GP's design talents; he sweats the 1/2 degree angle >> issues so we don't have to. �But with colors there's rarely agreement; >> probably too much individual expression there. >> >> dougP >> >> On Mar 25, 9:30�am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > With the Hunqs coming out of paint for build up, one hopes the steel >> > Nitto handlebars will be in stock soon. >> >> > On Mar 25, 11:14�am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:30 AM, happyriding <happyrid...@yahoo.com> >> > > > wrote: >> > > >> Any chance you could be swayed by one lone voice: �no lug lining, >> > > >> please! � Subtle is better than garish. �Even two dark colors >> > > >> highlight the lug lines enough. >> >> > > > I'm generally anti-luglining myself, but i thought the photos of the >> > > > prototype paint looked great. Rather than being a focus of the paint, >> > > > it just ties in nicely with the decals. >> >> > > > I think a big part of my luglining dislike is because it was so often >> > > > used to cover shoddy workmanship (*cough*Peugeot*cough*), and often is >> > > > too heavy and unevenly done. With the Hunq preview, they looked very >> > > > minimal and clean, a surprisingly good look. >> >> > > Just to make sure I understand this correctly: >> >> > > the lugs are being lined on the stock color choice for the hunq. I >> > > assume (perhaps incorrectly) that getting a different color paint job >> > > is still $200-300 from riv, right? >> >> > > Sounds like that's the option. >> >> > > -sv- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >-- >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.
