Welcome and please post photos of the Hunq when you build it up. The Hunq is the one Rivendell that I'd like to add to my stable. (Well, also a Roadeo and a Legolas and p'r'aps a Bleriot, but certainly the Hunq.)
As it is, I have a very nice original (pre-suspension corrected) Fargo that is very, very nice for much of my off road riding. This is not "mountain biking", rather dirt road exploring. I've taken the Fargo on technical singletrack and it is a true dog there, though much of the canine-in-ity is probably due to the gearing, light skinny (55 mm) tires, and drop bars. But I'd really like to get a true singletrack machine, which at the moment I see as a ss or perhaps 1xN 26-er with some sort of "upright" bar and built for nimbleness and light weight. >From my experience with the Fargo and the earlier Monocog 29er ss, both admittedly porky at 28-30 lb and both built with drops, the qualities and build that make a bike so nice on rough or sandy, relatively flat terrain are those which make it doggy on technical stuff. On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:48 AM, David Stein <davecst...@gmail.com> wrote: > New to the group. Have a Hunq on order. I've seen a number of threads > dancing around this topic (including the recent 'Hunqapillar as a true > mountain bike' thread). Wanted to ask the question a different way, how > many mountain bikes do you own, what are they, and when do you decide to > take which bike out? > > I just got into mountain biking/trail riding after years of road riding > (Bay Area, mostly fire roads for now, some single track). I suck at it. > Trying to get better. Salsa El Mariachi with front suspension. > My interest is in exploring mostly, not necessarily going fast or racing, > but that being said I haven't met a downhill that hasn't resulted in a > crash or three (including the demo ride in Shell Ridge I took the Hunq on). > When I ordered the Hunq the idea was to use it as an all-rounder (mix of > fire roads, light trails, city riding, commuting) and my Salsa El Mariachi > 29er to take on more technical terrain and single track. But after another > couple more harrowing rides, I decided the Salsa wasn't for me and sold it > (I think it was the 29er wheel size that I didn't like, I am short and it > wasn't nimble enough, though maybe it was the general geometry of the > frame). So now, I'm left with the choice of running the Hunq as my only > mountain bike with two sets of wheels (2.1 smart sams on one and 1.75 green > guards on another), or using the Salsa money to buy an additional > singletrack specific bike with front suspension (and using in conjunction > with the Hunq, the ole N+1). Curious to what other people are doing. > > -- > 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. > -- Albuquerque, NM, USA Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ -- 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.
