No spare bike in a box for me. My second bike is fully built up so that if my Sam does come up lame or missing, I have something else immediately. If I don’t get the Sam back, I can say “I once had a Rivendell, and it was a marvelous ride”.
I have an ’82 Team Fuji road bike that I got in ’86 and rode for many years. I adjusted the bike to fit me, and the bike adjusted me to fit it. It was a marvelous ride. But eventually it became uncomfortable, especially after I got a couple of pins put in my back. If I had a spare ’82 Team Fuji in a box, it still wouldn’t ride as well as the original did 40 years ago (or my Sam does today), because I’ve changed. Likewise, my wife has ridden a KTM heavy touring bike for twenty years. Now that we’re getting older, it doesn’t fit as well as it used to, and hence she wants a Platypus. Another KTM frame in a box wouldn’t fix the uncomfortablilty [ok, that’s not a word but you get the gist]. Will she enjoy riding the Platypus, or think “I once had an aluminum KTM with full shocks, and it was a marvelous ride.”? So, lots of things to consider. Pam Murray might want to try a custom after wearing her Betty to powder. Or maybe (Heresy!) a different brand. Beware the “Cult of Riv”. And record the geometry, not only from Riv’s site, but from places like BikeInsights which can give you stack and reach and trail. Use that to get a spare now if you can have more than one bike. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4cc2bf15-b8f7-4d25-b6f7-568f09694ed8n%40googlegroups.com.
