Gunnar bikes?

[Catrin]

I have a Waterford...She's so beautiful, she melts me. I sing to her.

ETA: long long ago, a warmly lit bear-skin-rug photo of the bottom cluster lugs of my Waterford was my avatar.

Very nice avatar! This is close to bike porn

[malkin]

Just wondering...do you say "goo-nar" or do you say "gun-er?"

[Catrin]

Just wondering...do you say "goo-nar" or do you say "gun-er?"

My fitter pronounces it "gun-er" and the lbs is a dealer...

[eofelis]

My SO, who worked at bike shops for years and years, rides a Gunnar Roadie and he thinks it's a great riding frame for the money!

Last year I was thinking of having a custom Gunnar Sport frame made for me. I ride a tiny frame, 50cm effective top tube. At the time the custom frames were about $1200. The smallest production Sports have 650c wheels. I wanted 700c wheels.

Last fall I found an ebay auction for someone's tiny custom Sport frame for 700c wheels. Seems a guy had it built for his gf and she just wasn't into riding. Pretty much my size too. I went after it with a stupid high max bid. Got the frame with a Reynolds Ouzo Pro carbon fork shipped to my door for $285. Wowza.

I put a steel Surly Pacer fork on it (sold the Reynolds fork for $100) and had it powdercoated a dark metallic green.

I went from a Surly Pacer (which is still quite a nice ride!) to the Sport. The Sport is a higher quality steel, a bit lighter in weight.



(This was the bike before it was powdercoated.)

I rode this bike in the Bicycle Tour of Colorado in June, 400+ miles in 5 days. It was fantastic!

I keep a constant ebay search for Gunnar to see what comes up everyday.

[Catrin]

My SO, who worked at bike shops for years and years, rides a Gunnar Roadie and he thinks it's a great riding frame for the money!

Last year I was thinking of having a custom Gunnar Sport frame made for me. I ride a tiny frame, 50cm effective top tube. At the time the custom frames were about $1200. The smallest production Sports have 650c wheels. I wanted 700c wheels.

Last fall I found an ebay auction for someone's tiny custom Sport frame for 700c wheels. Seems a guy had it built for his gf and she just wasn't into riding. Pretty much my size too. I went after it with a stupid high max bid. Got the frame with a Reynolds Ouzo Pro carbon fork shipped to my door for $285. Wowza.

This worked out great! I will have to start checking on a few bikes this way. I take a pretty small bike as well, my 46cm LHT has a 515mm effective top tube. It looks like I might take their second smallest size in the Sport or the Fast Lane.

Pity that my reach wasn't longer, I could take a wider range of sizes...

[Thorn]

Definitely pronounced gun-ner....I asked him...well, the owner, not the dog. The dog just looked at me like I was stupid for asking

Can't go wrong with a Gunnar. I own two Waterfords...my lusciously decadant RS-33 and a more practical RS-14 with S&S couplers. People like to look at my bikes, but when they do, I have to run over and protect the bikes from the drool of the viewer. Some want to pet them. "Yes, sir/ma'am, they are pretty bikes and they ride nice, too. But you'll have to get your own."

Needless to say I'm a Waterford groupie (and Gunnar is just their production line). At my RS-33's first century, the sag driver for the last segment was Richard Schwinn. Now, apparently, he always sags for that century, but I couldn't help but think that there was a level of personal attention to his product to think that he as sagging for me (oh, and given how slow I was that day, pretty much me alone at the end ).

[KnottedYet]

People like to look at my bikes, but when they do, I have to run over and protect the bikes from the drool of the viewer. Some want to pet them. "Yes, sir/ma'am, they are pretty bikes and they ride nice, too. But you'll have to get your own."

Yup. I run into that, too.
(that's my X-12 in my avatar)