I wrote “getting the mermaid blue but love the green” Joe,
I should have written “love and getting the mermaid blue. Love the green, too.” I already ordered my bike from Analog Cycles, but even I didn’t and had to choose today, I’d still choose the Mermaid blue. It’s lovely!!! Rivendell chooses colors well. Roberta On Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 1:00:29 AM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > Roberta, > > That mermaid blue is so pretty! As I alluded to in my "chameleon" comment > the first couple pics I saw seemed green, then the last ones Leah posted > definitely show the blue. I'll bet it's going to keep color-shifting in the > sun like her Raspberry Metallic Platy does and will be *spectacular. *I > can't wait to see it! > > On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 9:27:25 PM UTC-8 Roberta wrote: > >> Both colors are nice, but that green is special! Mark, that green would >> look right at home with your other colorful bikes. >> Roberta (getting the mermaid blue but love the green ) >> >> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 11:25:20 PM UTC-5 Mark Roland wrote: >> >>> It can be hard to judge from a non-product photo on the internet, but it >>> does have a green cast to my eye. Almost looks like my circa 1969 Rollfast >>> stingray, which I've always thought of as sea foam green >>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+foam+green&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk0163a1ivhakHA3KcoBApbCoa1khsw:1613190148721&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS05POgebuAhVwM1kFHW-NApgQ_AUoAXoECAkQAw&biw=1034&bih=485>. >>> >>> Which apparently covers a broad palette. It's in there somewhere.... >>> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 11:17:54 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding >>> Ding! wrote: >>> >>>> No, I see silvery blue in that second pic. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Feb 12, 2021, at 8:08 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> So this is the silvery blue? They both look green to me. Like green >>>> and GREEN. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 7:57:58 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>>> WOW. That looks amazing!!! 💚🫒 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 7:30:20 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding >>>>> Ding! wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I’m thinking this is the lime-olive... >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 10, 2021, at 1:42 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> "When Mom left for a couple weeks this fall, Linda confessed she had >>>>>> taken the Cheviot and had been out riding it (in ND this somehow does >>>>>> not >>>>>> qualify as stealing 😂)." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I love this part of the story. The North is a different world! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 6:26:58 AM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle >>>>>> Ding Ding! wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I noticed that Rivendell wrote up a new product description for >>>>>>> their Platypus. “...the most beautiful bike in our line” - if that >>>>>>> doesn’t >>>>>>> make you want to buy one, I just don’t know what will. (Also, I winged >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> grammar in that sentence, woah...) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Small town North Dakota doesn’t know about Rivendell. Or any bikes, >>>>>>> really. When my parents visited Rivendell with me in 2018, Mom fell >>>>>>> in love with a light sage Cheviot, so she bought it. Mom’s >>>>>>> next-door neighbors just happen to be bike people, but they don’t >>>>>>> presently >>>>>>> own bikes. They are about my parents’ age, early 60s and they once rode >>>>>>> coast to coast, a trip they remember fondly. Mom’s Chev was exactly >>>>>>> Linda’s >>>>>>> size, and Linda tried it out and loved it. When Mom left for a couple >>>>>>> weeks >>>>>>> this fall, Linda confessed she had taken the Cheviot and had been out >>>>>>> riding it (in ND this somehow does not qualify as stealing 😂). She fell >>>>>>> hard for that little Chev, and as a result, she’s getting a Platypus. >>>>>>> She >>>>>>> says it’s the first time she’s been excited about a bike in 30 years! >>>>>>> She’s >>>>>>> getting the blue. What a thrill it will be to show up this summer and >>>>>>> pose >>>>>>> with her for pics of our Platys. I know so few people in my “real life” >>>>>>> who >>>>>>> have Rivs, so what a gift. >>>>>>> https://www.rivbike.com/products/frame-platypus-2021 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 5:00:33 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding >>>>>>> Ding! wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Today there was mention of the Platys in the email newsletter from >>>>>>>> Will. No pre-order for the Platys, just for the Sams. Hurry, hurry >>>>>>>> when >>>>>>>> they go live! I think they’ll be gone. >>>>>>>> Leah >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 1:21:24 PM UTC-8 duh...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Apologies, my membership took a while to clear so my previous post >>>>>>>>> is obsolete >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jared, patiently waiting for late February, in Santa Cruz >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:53:56 AM UTC-8 Jared Wilson >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I heard rumors of early February, holidays got the supply chain >>>>>>>>>> running a bit slow. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 4:28:15 PM UTC-8 Roberta wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I"m disappointed, but not surprised. I'm hoping to get mine >>>>>>>>>>> Mermaid Blue by springtime in the east, and if I love it as much as >>>>>>>>>>> BBDD, >>>>>>>>>>> it will be my retirement bike. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'm working out the last details with Analog Cycles this week, >>>>>>>>>>> so they can start ordering parts. The plan is already-anodized >>>>>>>>>>> pops of >>>>>>>>>>> blue wherever we can (dyno light, nipples, caps, perhaps ring >>>>>>>>>>> bolts, head >>>>>>>>>>> spacers, whatever I can get). Parts will be mostly silver. 1x11 >>>>>>>>>>> drive >>>>>>>>>>> train. Tubeless with Gravel King tires (I forget model). I bought >>>>>>>>>>> a pair >>>>>>>>>>> of Losco bars from Joe and if they don't rise high enough for me, >>>>>>>>>>> then I >>>>>>>>>>> have Albatross. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> If we work it right, parts and frame will get there around the >>>>>>>>>>> same time in Vermont. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'm looking forward to hearing what you're planning and to see >>>>>>>>>>> the built up bikes! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Roberta >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 6:35:52 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle >>>>>>>>>>> Ding Ding! wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I saw the February Platypus ETA and I was so disappointed. >>>>>>>>>>>> Gosh, do you think will get them before Valentine’s Day? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2021, at 1:44 PM, Chris in NZ <ccli...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> From Will’s email on the 19 December: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> “We'll get the container of Sams and Platypus in late January, >>>>>>>>>>>> but they'll be up on the site early February.” >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I think the website has just been updated to show when they’ll >>>>>>>>>>>> be available to order. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6:18:26 AM UTC+13 Tom Wyland >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> So the website has been updated for Feb '21 now. 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