Tunk Hike-Use frame

[Paul Rhodes III]

https://www.tunkbicycles.com/frameset

I'm slightly surprised to not have seen this frame discussed in this group yet. Have folks seen it? Does anyone have one yet? Thoughts or impressions?

It seems to offer quite a bit, with a thoughtful design, at ~$1400 USD. I'm intrigued by the size-specific tubesets. Without having investigated sizing too much, I'd likely be between a 55 and 57 cm, so the decision may well rest on if I'd want a slightly more flexy or stiff frame.

Paul in Somerville, MA

[User 47]

With tariffs this and other import frames could potentially exceed the cost of a custom. I have a few *personal* qualms with the frame myself. The fork doesnt have a built in daruma and the steerer is threadless i guess i could thread the fork myself (My friend has the campagnolo tool) but i like the adjustabil of a threaded set up better. The dynamo wouting im not sure about either. It shows one hole at tge top of the downtube but no exit hile. And are ther holes on the inside of the chainstay? My pelican has a similar cable routing setup and it has always bothered me to have to zip tie the cable to the frame.otherwise it looks very cool and to be completely honest i am bummed out i dont have one

[User 47]

Apol ogiesfor all the Typos.  Google froups is pretty hard to use on a phone web browser 😰

[Josh Zielinski]

That Tunk frame is cool.  I saw one on Reddit someplace a year or so ago and honestly kind of forgot about them.

Similarly (confusing) priced and also super cool option from overseas:

https://www.crumbworks.jp/blank-3/futen-breakaway-order-deposit

There is a rim brake (canti posts w/ vbrakes shown) option too but appears to be made for 700c rims.  Perhaps they'd make 650 mod if requested. 

BreakAway tech makes this super awesome to me.

Josh Z

Oregon 

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "650b" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 650b+uns...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/650b/9d37d83a-5e01-4860-8739-cb1ac4a653d9n%40googlegroups.com.