As the Fargo is for me for the same reasons. It rides well enough on pavement, and handles fat tires for sandy soil, has more bb drop, and a shortish tt so that I can easily ride drop bars. Not a fast pavement cruiser, not a singletrack machine, but for my purposes, it is the optimized compromize (should copyright that term).
I bet the Hunq would be even a better optimized compromise .... Patrick Moore, who has to dash off because it looks like rain and the blankety blank fenders were too narrow. On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Great point, Patrick. For me, the Hunqapillar IS optimized for my use. If > I had a go-fast, I'd want it able to handle what my Hunqa can do off road > because that's where I want to ride. Dedicated mountain bike? Has to handle > pavement for decades of miles because that's what's between what I ride. No > compromises here. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Friday, July 5, 2013 7:57:24 AM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I must say that I like bicycles optimized for particular uses and that I >> find compromise bikes rather disappointing *if* they are all I have -- and >> I don't want to limit my riding to one set of conditions. >> >> For me, the barest minimum would be two: a lightish (sub 32 lb!) >> go-fastish road bike that, at need, could carry up to, say 25 lb and that >> had lights and was fender capable; and an off road bike that could take at >> least 70 mm tires and that also could carry a rear load at need. In this >> regard, my '03 Curt and my Fargo would fit the bill and if someone held a >> gun to my head and said, "Choose two!" it would be these two I'd choose. >> >> But it is very nice to have, in order of desire, the gofast (for me, >> nothing is more fun than climbing -- gradually, or if steep, briefly -- on >> a light fixed gear; and the Ram which, by being in last place, is by no >> means unloved: It's a wonderful bike, but its niche is precisely that of a >> compromise bike, a gofast that can carry 40 lb grocery loads. >> >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:21 AM, IanA <atte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I enjoyed this article by Alex Wetmore (of this list, I believe) >>> http://alexwetmore.**org/?p=429 <http://alexwetmore.org/?p=429> >>> >>> He had a great write up linked of converting his Quickbeam into a 14 >>> speed Rohloff IGH bicycle (link no longer works, sadly). That Rohloff QB >>> would be a contender for the only bike needed. >>> >>> Although I like Deacon Patrick's style - Hunqapillar, nothing more, >>> nothing less. >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:48:04 PM UTC-7, murphyjrfk wrote: >>>> >>>> Suppose the title says it all. But I've been a thinking about going >>>> down to 1---not a big step down cause I normally only have two three tops >>>> o' working bikes anyways. And the overlap is out of control. How many 26" >>>> touring bikes does one fellow need deal. But I love what I love I guess. >>>> >>>> One bike? Could ya do it and what would it be? >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/rbw-owners-bunch<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >> patric...@**resumespecialties.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**patrickmooreresumespec/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/> >> >> >> Albuquerque, NM >> > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
