I could hardly be more excited to finally, after probably 3 or 4 years, be an official Riv *owner* not simply *reader*. In November/December I had *really *wanted a Gus. I missed it, and bought a Surly Karate Monkey in it's place. The chainstays are short, but it wheelies well and is fun to ride with jones bars. In March and April, I really wanted an Atlantis. I was too slow to decide to buy Bill Lindsey's, and hadn't convinced my wife in time to reserve one of the new batch....But, in the end, with some help from everyone here and especially Clark Fitzgerald's great report on his 1yr with Atlantis then switch to the Platy, Leah Petersenn "sold" another one. I convinced myself the Atlantis would've overlapped with my existing bikes too much anyways...
Serendipitously, after reaching out for Riv Riders on the Front Range in Colorado, Lance from Littleton offered to let me ride, *and *sell me his 60cm Mermaid Platy. We had a great ride this past Sunday before I brought it home to push all my neighbors to take a spin on it too, and since then I have ridden it at least for 1 minute of every hour I think (jumping out of my work-from-home-station to the garage to take a spin!). I *love *the all-black aesthetics a la Crust build with black Antelope Hill extralights or Rylands from his June 2 post. I will update one day with new, bigger tires, and also racks, followed by changing out the cranks for gearing that will let me tackle group rides a little easier, inspired of course by Leah, just to shake things up a little bit! In the meantime, I am over the moon (or at least mountains) with my first ever Riv! Just Ride (Mixtes), Christian in Boulder, CO -- 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/4253ef2d-bd77-4532-9b3b-00044b63cdd9n%40googlegroups.com.
