This confirmation bias appears to be widespread. I've been around Riv Stuff since the beginning and the amount of effusive "this is the bike of all time" praise for Platypus is quite astonishing. Y'all are *into *this one!
Joe "who loves his droptube custom and totally gets it" Bernard On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 3:48:49 PM UTC-7 philipr...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks Joyce, I already have about 60 miles on it from last weekend. > Obviously there's some confirmation bias at play but (and apparently > BikesnobNYC agrees here) it really is an incredible ride. So smooth & > comfortable but also deceptively quick and handles beautifully. > > On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 4:37:28 PM UTC-5 JAS wrote: > >> Congratulations, Phillip! What a beauty. The brass bell looks so nice >> with the grips. Let us know what you think of the ride when it stops >> raining. >> >> On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 1:23:18 PM UTC-7 philipr...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks! A meet n' greet would be lovely. The Green Spot is always a good >>> place as we can preceed or proceed with a trip around White Rock? >>> >>> A few finishing touches today; I gave up trying to make the Tektro FL750 >>> levers work with V-Brakes, I know they're not supposed to but they look so >>> cool don't they? Had lots of braking power but hard to modulate adjusting >>> was non-existent. I found a cheap set of levers on Amazon that seemed to be >>> well reviewed, they're actually pretty nic, especially for the $12.99 price >>> tag. >>> >>> SKS P50 fenders went on, they're a bit of a PITA to fit to a level >>> worthy of a Platypus but the end result was worth the effort I think. >>> >>> Aside from that it was new Shellac'd cork grips & a quick adjustment to >>> the real wheel bearing. The only thing left on the punch list (for now) is >>> to wire wheel the kick stand to silver, pure aesthetics of course! Now it >>> needs to stop raining. >>> >>> [image: PXL_20210512_200646276.jpg] >>> >>> [image: PXL_20210512_200754931.jpg] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 9:16:50 AM UTC-5 Paul in Dallas wrote: >>> >>>> Philip, >>>> Nicely done! >>>> A real beaut of a bike! >>>> >>>> I look forward to seeing it in person at some point. >>>> >>>> Hopefully you, the two Jim's, Luis and I can meet up soon and share a 5 >>>> Riv ride. >>>> >>>> That's all the Dallas/Ft Worth Riv owners I'm aware of. >>>> >>>> Perhaps there are others. >>>> If so give us a shout out and join in. >>>> >>>> Paul in Dallas >>>> >>>> PS. >>>> >>>> Regarding group of Platypus. >>>> >>>> https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-call-a-group-of-platypus?share=1 >>>> >>>> Quote from above link: >>>> >>>> >>>> "Well, based on what I found, a group of platypus can either be called a >>>> paddle or a puddle. >>>> >>>> Just don’t call them a piddle or a poddle, because that just sounds >>>> silly." >>>> >>>> " >>>> >>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bf07a8ac-42b0-432b-9674-0175baa4e10bn%40googlegroups.com.
