I've been riding my Clem L on longish road rides and am tempted by the Rosco Platy but I don't think it would give me any benefit over my Clem. I really like the step-through design and after being conscious of it at first don't even give it a thought now. It is a burly looking bike to me. Riding over pavement cracks and stop indicators at intersections is no problem with the wide tires and long wheelbase. These were jarring on my old Felt road bike with skinny tires but now they hardly even register. Also, I am well-pleased with the Tosco bars and use the out front portion about 20% of the time on a long ride to stretch out my back and get good pedal leverage. I will be tempted by the Roaduno as an n+1 but as of now I'm satisfied riding the Clem. Doug Athens, GA
On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 8:55:14 AM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I, for one, can understand Johnny’s affinity for that Clem L. I prefer my > Platys, but only slightly. And you really can’t beat a true step-through. > I’m an advocate for having BOTH. > > In any case, I’m glad the Rivendell mixte line continues and that more > people of the male variety are accepting them as legit bikes and not girly > townies. And how fun that we are venturing into new territory with purple > paint! I think the builds on these mixtes will be so interesting. Hopefully > the new owners will be generous with their posts and photos and we will get > to see this limited edition bike doing its thing in the world. > > Anyone reading this snag a Rosco Platy yesterday? What did you get? How > will you build it up? > > > > > On Jul 15, 2022, at 8:29 AM, Johnny Alien <johnny....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I dig them (because I also dig Joe's custom) and I was all on board with > grabbing one when they were supposed to be out in May but with the delays I > wanted something sooner and fell into a Clem L which I am over the moon > about. I think they will sell a touch slower than other models because they > are more utility in visual design and priced higher than expected. Not that > its not a fair price but its certainly easier to sell a stripped down less > fancy Platy for $900-1000 (the original expected price) than $1350. > Congrats to everyone that got one. I was expecting to be on that train but > alas I am not. > > > > On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7:45:14 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> I don't need another bike that's basically a production version of my >> custom and don't really have room for it, so it's probably good that they >> didn't do one in Mermaid. But there's a Mermaid demo there... >> >> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 5:37:53 PM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote: >> >>> I've been eyeing the 60cm purple, down to seven left, but only one sold >>> in the last several hours. Hmm. >>> >>> Eric >>> too many bikes, not enough budget >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 7:49 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Still greens left in every size, both colors left in 60cm, 4:48pm pst >>>> 7/14/22. AnaPurple is the popular one. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 11:14:20 AM UTC-7 bmfo...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I feel like a lot of recent riv designs not only would require a short >>>>> stem but also downsizing a frame size for a proper drop bar set up. Not >>>>> good or bad in my mind, just inherent in the long top tube designs they >>>>> have been favoring lately. I will likely end up buying a ROADUNO, and had >>>>> hoped to put drops on it but based off of what we know so far I'm not >>>>> sure >>>>> I'll be able to without dropping down a size. I don't want to do so from >>>>> an >>>>> aesthetic perspective, so risers or swept back bars it'll be! >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 12:47:18 PM UTC-5 Doug H. wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A Rosco Platy for Skye!! >>>>>> Doug >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 1:44 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Well that was fun. I like my version of the Rosco Platy Presale >>>>>>> thread better so I'm back over here to say I hope everybody grabs the >>>>>>> frame >>>>>>> they want and shows them built up later so we can look at them. Have a >>>>>>> nice >>>>>>> day! 🙋♂️🙂 >>>>>>> Joe Bernard >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 2:51:56 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here's the product page. My daughter saw the email before me and >>>>>>>> sent a pic of the green one with this text: >>>>>>>> "I don't even ride bikes and I love this." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.rivbike.com/products/rosco-platypus-presale-eta-early-august >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Joe and Skye Bernard >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>>> the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/YMPkPVWY0Os/unsubscribe >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bfe556ea-56ce-474a-98ab-8203bb823989n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bfe556ea-56ce-474a-98ab-8203bb823989n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>> >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/651776e8-8ea4-489c-a851-d9e84ffef092n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/651776e8-8ea4-489c-a851-d9e84ffef092n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/YMPkPVWY0Os/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e5471fe2-582b-4a75-a9b0-9c26036bc52an%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e5471fe2-582b-4a75-a9b0-9c26036bc52an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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