Please keep us informed of your off road ride experiences. I am still tempted by a Hunqapillar to build up as a ss off road bike, to complement the Fargo, but I want something that feels lighter and nimbler (the Fargo is lovely but it is heavy at 33 lb with the fat wheelset).
I am rather put off by the extra diagonal, but that may be overweighed by the trademark Rivendell ride quality, so I am particularly interested in how the H feels in cornering and acceleration. Or I may just get a ti or -- gawd 'elp us -- crabon fibre frame. Why the so-high bars? Not criticizing, just curious. I find that I need a certain torso angle and forward reach, otherwise I feel as if I can't get any power. I'm 56 so I'm no spring chicken, either. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:32 PM, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I spent today afternoon building up the Hunqapillar and fine tuning its fit. > Pictures of the initial build are > here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/sets/72157627319515196/ > I put 40mm Marathon Extremes as I have a set of 2.25 Nobby Nics on order. > They ride extremely nice on the pavement; can't really tell them apart from > the 50mm Supremes. > Setup is as follows: > - 58cm Hunqapillar frame > - Mavic A719, 36 spoked, XT hubs wheelset built by Rich > - 12/36 9 speed cassette > - DuraAce 9 speed down tube shifters to try them out and make it easy to > play with the cockpit to fine tune it. > - 200mm Bullmoose bars with Shimano brake levers and Specialized XC grips > that I'm going to try to wrap with tape and shellac to see what happens... > - Polished Paul front Neo-Retro and rear Canti brakes > - Black Berthoud Touring saddle > - Front Nitto Mini Rack > - XT Low-normal rear derailer > - Microshift front derailer (only option at RBW) > - Phil BB > - Sugino XD2 crankset 24-34-46, 175mm > - Shimano A530 pedals > - Nitto S83 26.8 seatpost > - Tange headset > Initial comments: > The bike feels just great riding near my house. I feel a bit stretched out > on the bars but as I've fine tuned the saddle angle everything seems to be > getting better; I'll have to try it on longer and rougher rides and may even > decide to try the shorter 150mm Bullmoose bars. I've been surprised by how > great the bars feel. I tried the bike at first with the Nitto Touring bars > but it felt just like my Atlantis (great but I wanted to try something > different). I don't think the Touring (Butterfly) bars are very good to go > mountain biking with, and after playing with them for a while in the normal > and rotated forward 180 degrees just to see how that felt, I settled for the > Bullmoose which I believe are going to stay on it for a very long time, at > least while I keep it as a mountain bike. The frame feels significantly less > flexy than the Atlantis when wiggling the bars, which was to be expected. I > tried to ride it no hands to see if it would shimmy like the Atlantis, but > there was no sign. I know, different tires, no rear rack and no load, but > it's a great initial impression. > I'll try it on longer rides and commute on it to see how it behaves with the > Nitto Big Rear Rack and the panniers. It might end up being my S240/touring > bike (when I'm finally able to start touring...). It might be too redundant > to have both the Atlantis and the Hunqapillar unless the Hunqa stays > configured as a mountain/adventure bike and the Atlantis remains as my > commuter and full fendered touring bike. We'll see, but I have to say I'm > very happy with my bike stable right now. > I may also try the Extremes on the Atlantis to see if the shimmy changes in > any way, the 50mm Supremes or Big Apples on the Hunqa, etc. > I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far, > René > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- 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-bunch@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.
