Wow, that's a perfect bike - everything about it! For me, in particular, beside the color, it's the bar tape, the triple crank with a small cassette, and the continental King tires - it all creates a bike that looks like it is for riding!
What bar tape and rack are those? Congratulations on the very cool new bike! Paul in AR On Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 7:39:23 PM UTC-6 Heather Hayes wrote: > Happy New Year to my fellow Platy people! I know I’m late to the Platy > party, but I just wanted to introduce myself and my Pumpkin Platypus. We’re > so honored to be here among the esteemed RBW Owners Bunch! I’ve been a > lurking wallflower on the forum for a while, and have so enjoyed watching > the reveals of all your lovely builds! > > > Though I initially had my heart set on a mermaid Platypus when they first > went live back in April, the online order form had other ideas. I cracked > my knuckles, hovered over the purchase button, then clicked BUY NOW with > the authority of a seasoned judge pounding a gavel… but my mermaid > selection auto-changed to limeolive, dashing my aqua-colored dreams. There > was nary a 50cm mermaid to be found anywhere. No offense to the lovely > limeolive, but as a graphic designer, having a color I personally LOVED was > very important to me! Reframing crisis as opportunity, I decided to repaint > the frame a custom color. Pea soup to pumpkin bisque instead, please! > > > After many, many, MANY nail-biting months of waiting, the newly painted > frame finally arrived. I carefully unwrapped my brand new Pumpkin Platy > with the same awe and enthusiasm of the father in A Christmas Story > unpacking his beloved leg lamp. (Though thankfully Rivendells are MUCH > sturdier!) ;) > > > My Platy mainly enjoys conquering steeper terrain here in the beautiful > Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC, but still loves adventuring near > aquatic habitats as well. Here on the forum, the swoopy elegance of this > frame has aptly been likened by Leah to that of a prom dress. Set up as a > gravel grinder, I wanted this badass bike to sport combat boots underneath > the sparkly orange gown. (She’s a gorgeous prom queen, but you're also kind > of afraid she'll kick you in the shins!) > > > My sweet RBW blue Cheviot townie now has a fierce and fiery friend by her > side, and I love having not one but two Rivendells to *JUST RIDE!* > > [image: Platy1.jpg][image: Platy2.jpg][image: Platy3.jpg] > -- 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/aa8ce0d5-54bd-4907-9a60-1aebfb218471n%40googlegroups.com.
