I loved my Hillborne in every way and I really don't have the miles in on the Hunqapillar to speak to the differences much, but on first blush the Hunq is MUCH stiffer and it's immediately apparent in turns and under hard braking. Also, I always wished my Sam had about 1cm more standover that it did; I could stand flat footed (depending on the shoes) but only very gently. The Hunqapiller has that lil extra standover I was missing. Otherwise, it doesn't feel smaller than my 56 Sam at all. My setup is identical to my Hillborne, and so far the only consequence of the differences in frame geometry is that my frame pump is now too short. First world problems. I'll probably have more to say about how it compares to the Hillborne in a couple hundred miles.
On Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:11:55 PM UTC-7, rw1911 wrote: > > Nice! love the idea of a Hunqapillar, but I'm between sizes (54-58) > and not sure I could do the diagonal tube of the 58. Comparison to > your Hillborne? > > > > > On Sep 23, 12:35 am, soapscum <smula...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While I'm still smarting from the loss of my beloved Hillborne (long > story, > > things happen, ends well), I'm more than a little consoled by the > addition > > of a 54cm Hunqapillar in my life. It's built up from the parts from my > Sam; > > virtually everything moved right over, right down to the Honjos (an > aside: > > fenders took longer than the rest of the build all together and the > front > > fender line is still a work in progress). I rode out to Golden Gardens > to > > snap some pix of it's virginal purity, which if you're interested you > can > > find here: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45524179@N08/sets/72157631600410033/ > > > > It's a lovely riding bicycle. > -- 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/-/2Ewo9_R6Gm8J. 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.
