I'd vote for making your Homer practical yet sporty, and have the Hunqa be your butched up bike. For example, if your homer came with 700c Synergy rims and shimano hubs, then use that wheelset on your Hunqa and have Rich build you a White Industries/A23 wheelset. If your Homer came with a triple Sugino, use that on your Hunqa and put a sweet compact double on your Homer. That'll probably also free up both derailers and maybe even the shifters from Homer to Hunq. A ~23lb Homer with Fenders that can still trail it up and S24O it would be all the clubbishness that most of us need. Then your Hunqa can have some nice 45-55mm tires and you'll be balloonified and the repurposed build kit will immediately give you license to shred from day 1. It's perfecto
On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:06:49 PM UTC-7, Tim wrote: > > Ok, please help me out. I had to send my fork to Waterford to have the > stuck stem removed and the gravity of not having a second Riv has sunk > in. I'm stuck riding a waaaaay too small Cannondale or an old > Specialized Rockhopper which is, although a decent bike, also too > small (and not a Riv.) So, now it's time to choose. Right now I have a > 63cm AHH with noodle bars and longboard fenders. At least 90% or more > of my riding is on the road. I did a supported Southern Tier tour last > summer and would like to do at least one, unsupported (though lightly > loaded) tour this year and more in the future. I like the occasional > fast club ride. In fact, I really, really like them, but I'm not as > fast as I used to be (51 with 2 artificial knees.) I bought the old > MTB for single track last year and found it to be a blast. > > So my dilemma: Which should be my next Riv? Hunqa or Rodeo? I will > eventually have both but I'll order one of them probably very soon. By > the time I get Homer's fork back I'll have been without it for 3 weeks > and that, my friends, is unacceptable. I love the fast riding and I > actually was planning on the Rodeo when I got the AHH but changed my > mind after talking with Keven and Grant. Do you guys think the Rodeo > is too close to the Homer and too limited? I guess if I got it I would > probably go with racks and more of a touring setup for Homer. Or if I > got the Hunqa, maybe I could strip down Homer and use it for the > clubbish rides. But where does that leave the occasional single track > foray? What say ye all? > > Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/JZirUG1sGFoJ. 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.
