I just happened to be in Walnut Creek today and... Okay, I actually had planned my vacation this year to include San Francisco and Walnut Creek. I arrived yesterday after spending the last 12 days or so biking the Oregon coast and spending time with family in Portland. I'd added a leg to SF when I discovered it wasn't very expensive to add the leg to my ticket and I got a great deal at The Mosser in SF that made an extra 5 days possible. Admittedly it's a tiny little room, but holds me and my bike so there you go.
Today I took the BART out to Walnut Creek thinking that Grant would be off on his book tour but he was in town, actually doing some other publicity stuff. I got to meet him in person, get a copy of his book, and then worked with Vince on a little something else. I had my PBH remeasured and sure enough, I'm still mostly leg, at least 95.5 (and I'd thought I was 94). I test rode the 64 Sam and the 62 Hunq. Both were fantastic. The Hunq was just slightly more fantastic for me. I stress the "for me" bit because it could easily be the other way around for someone else. I just like really fat tires and riding on the Big Apples they had attached showed me just how comfortable that bike can be. I went with the stock build kit for a couple of reasons. First it's good stuff and does save me a bit on the build. In a perfect world I might have toyed with a few things but that would have added unnecessarily to the cost. In the future I'll upgrade when things wear out. The only thing that concerns me is the Alba bars. They were really nice on the test Hunq I rode, though I'm a moustache guy. I'm thinking that I may swap the Albas on the Hunq with the M-bars on my QB. I use the QB around town for the most part. That'll be like getting two new bikes. :-) After spending all that money I spent the afternoon on the trails leading up to Mount Diablo. I didn't go up because it was hot and late in the day, I hadn't eaten much today, and I only had one bottle of water. That and I didn't want to climb 2,000 feet after all the climbing in Oregon. It was still a lovely day for a ride and next time I'm in the Bay Area I know exactly how to get there. :-) All in all it was great to meet Grant, Vince is a great guy, the Hunq is a super bike, and I'm still a bike short, I only have 'n' bikes. My arsenal now includes (as of July) 62 Hunq 66 Quickbeam ?? RB-1 (in Hilo) Bike Friday New World Tourist Fujiyama (a house brand for McCully Bicycle back in the day) single speed beater (freshly powder coated and shod with Big Apples) That'll do it for a while. -- Robert Harrison rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- 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.
