FS: Rivendell Hunqapillar, 62, complete, dynamo—$2600

[Applegate]

“A wooly mammoth of a bicycle.”

Hello folks. I’ve overdone the bicycles again, and am cutting one out. It’s a Hunq, and it will be a sad day to see it go. I used this as a heavy-duty town bike, with mega grocery hauls and big Lake Merritt picnic duty, but it is made for much more fun than that, like expedition-grade off-road bike touring.

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It has a Shimano dynamo front hub (!) but I’m planning to keep the lights so as to keep the price down a bit, and since not everybody has the same taste in those anyway.

—Rivendell Silver Crankset, 42x28 w/pretty guard
—Soma Shikoro 48mm tires
—2x10 Deore Xt drivetrain
—Shimano dynamo FH, Velocity RH, on Atlas rims (Rich Lesnik built front)
—Nitto Tallux stem
—Nitto Billie bars
—Paul Cantis, Touring + Neo-Retro (set up opposite front/back config as "typical" just cuz; please do not email me JUST to say these are backwards.)
—Shimano Dura-Ace bar-end shifters set up as thumbies
—Dia-compe brake levers
—Riv fancy cork grips

Add $50 for the Brooks (I can give you brown or black)

Add $60 for the Nitto seatpost (I'll include a Kalloy S65 copy in its place)

Add $50 for the MKS/Riv Monarch/Grip King pedals (I'll include standard platform pedals)

I'm 6'0" with longer-than-the-statistical-average legs for my height. Saddle height there is about 79cm.


I'm in Berkeley, and would like to prioritize local pickup, but shipping via Bikeflights + $95 for Blue Heron (LBS) to professionally pack it is also an option. I don't currently have a bike box in which to pack it up myself.

Thanks for your consideration,

Alex Applegate

Berkeley, CA





Per Riv/Cyclofiend (thanks Jim) http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/pdf/original_hunaqbook_pdf.pdf:

The benefit of the expanded frame is higher handlebars easier, and so, more comfort. That’s important and desirable on any bike, and super important on one for touring.

The Hunqapillar frame is an interesting mix of materials and people behind it. It's our design, everything down to the last micro-detail. It’s made in Taiwan by a team of builders trained by Tetsu Ishigaki, of Toyo. The main tubes are super- expensive Japanese Kaisei 8630 heat-treated. The seat- and chainstays are perfectly good Taiwan CrMo. The fork is made in Japan by Tetsu Ishigaki at Toyo.

Rear Spacing is 135mm—normal for touring and mountain bikes, and that gives you access to about a million rear hubs.

The 58 and 62, have extra top tubes, for extra strength. The 48 and 54 don’t need them, because their head tubes are shorter, so the frames are already well-triangulated.

All sizes have clearance for 2.2-inch tires, which is big enough for anything except downhill racing.

[larson....@gmail.com]

If I had not just finished building up my first Rivendell, an Appaloosa, I would be all over this. The Hunqapillar is a really cool bike, and may just have the coolest head badge ever. Good luck with the sale!

[Friend]

Is this still for sale?  What is your PBH?