On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 4:28:29 PM UTC-5 Mackenzy Albright wrote: One thing i've been curious about is the geometry changes over time.
It seems the Hunqapillars were generally a bit shorter TT's and relatively traditional geometry while the Bombadils ran long (I'm assuming meant more for non drops?). Eventually all Rivendells started getting loooonger and more swept back bar designed. The Hunqapillars took over the Bombadils in terms of production. Which is funny because I was always under the impression hunqs were cheaper bombas, but the top tubes have always from what i've seen been longer on the bombas. It seems to me the 58 hunqs and bombas were around 61-62 and the 60 (?) were 62-64? is this correct? It seems the charts vary as well as peoples physical measurements (especially with the sloping tubes) Has anyone ridden or tried out different length variations or a hunqapillar and a bombadil in terms of drop bar oriented or swept back oriented designs? Mackenzey, You have it correct in that the Bombas were a bit longer in reach and front-center overall. There's no direct comparing them as the frame sizes were never the same, save the 48cm. If the H frames were an equal to or greater than the B in terms of stack, reach and f-c I would have purchased one, but they were not. Even the 62 H didn't have the reach/f-c of 60 B.The 60 B from the original batch is dimensionally "just right" for me. The frames in mass didn't go looong-er in the font end until the 2019 Clem update. Well, not all of them did, not the road bikes. But all the others went much longer than previous. As if everyone wants or needs to ride with a vertical posture ? (Rhetorically) Hah hah .... certainly not...(Me,We,Thee) ! To me the whole lengthening of the bikes is from the belief in the vertical posture(ride like a horseman) thing and long chainstays. Having the rear end long, without the front long, and sitting vertically, well I could sense that as being a bit unbalanced feeling. (opinion here) Well gee, the vertical benefit thing is assumptive to begin with.... so there is no cure/compensation for it. If the stays weren't so long the front end wouldn't need to be so long either, like how the Bomba is. Of course one can still ride posture-vertical on any bike if that's your thing, you certainly don't need surfboard length to do it. In regards to decals mine has none, as it had the original font style that to me, just didn't fit the bike. I prefer no brandings/names of frames anyways. Create a cool looking(subjective, I know) small "LaBomba" or "Mad Bomba" sticker and maybe I'd consider it .... ((( laughing ))). The frame/form speaks for itself though and doesn't need anything more. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9a3d3d01-a346-4959-aea8-14054f49a510n%40googlegroups.com.
