If where I ride mine, loaded or day riding, doesn't qualify it as a mountain bike, then mountain bikes are much more exclusive that I thought. By your definition though, my set up is DQed, but it seems to me that it shows riding with racks, fenders, and bags really isn't critical to the definition of a mountain bike. When I do a day ride, I can easily experience temp fluctuations of 40-50˚F, with sun, rain, sleet, hail, snow, wind -- and that's most any time of year. So I like a bag to carry stuff so I'm comfortable. But if you consider the Great Divide Mountain Bike trail and the Colorado Trail (including some of the more famous MTB sections and technical sections) mountain biking, then I've done those with my Hunqapillar.
Too many photos to count, but the various sets will give you a feel for what I ride: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets This set shows the setup closest to what you describe, on a fairly technical section: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157633380317495/ With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:43:18 AM UTC-7, Brian Campbell wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone was using their Hunq as a "true" mountain bike? > By which, I mean, no racks, fenders or bags.While it is a very versatile > frameset, does anyone use theirs only in off road scenarios? If yes, what > are your thoughts on what it does well and maybe (shudder) what it does not > do well? > -- 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.
