Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

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I’ve been lucky enough to have ridden all of them, but only own Homer and Platy.  I sold my Appaloosa two years ago to buy the Platy.   My test ride on an Atlantis was what sold me on Rivendell.   Leah, BBDD, has a Platy and Clem L.   Clem L rode nicely. Platy is sportier.   I know the wheelbases because there  is a wheelbase limit to put a bike on the rather short Philadelphia bus bike racks, and I was on a search… Platy is too long.  When I do tip the bike, I tip towards me.  Roberta Sent from my iPad On Feb 10, 20236, at 9:39 PM, dougP <dougpn...@gmail.com> wrote:  Wow! Miss a day & miss a lot. I'll try to answer / comment in order: Current stem is an 80 mm dirt drop & Map Ahearne bars in 660 mm width. The Atlantis has a 58 cm top tube. The issue of mounting / dismounting is helpful. That's my current problem. I have to do this gymnastic of leaning the bike WAAAAY over to get my leg over the saddle. I'm unbalanced at that point. Never thought about Roberta's method but can see myself doing the trip thru instead of the step thru. Ponder, ponder. Roberta, that's an impressive collection of Rivendells. The fact you have the 55 Platy & 52 Clem L is interesting. More options are better. Thanks for the links to the websites. I've checked whatbars a few times in my handlebar odyssey & will look at the frame one. Thanks to all for your help & suggestions. doug On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 12:20:07 PM UTC-8 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoy both of these websites but wish they had drawings for Clem & Gus. I’ve not looked for other Riv models. Bikeinsights of course is the one I am speaking of. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 10, 2023, at 8:42 AM, esoterica etc <esoter...@gmail.com> wrote: > >  > >> On Feb 10, 2023, at 07:33, Roberta <rcha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There is a website ( but I forgot the name ) that superimposes bike geometries over each other for comparison, but there’s nothing like a test ride. There’s a similar site for handlebars. >> >> Roberta >> Philadelphia > > The website Roberta is thinking of that superimposes bikes over each other is bikeinsights.com, and the handlebar one is whatbars.com- both excellent resources for comparison. > > ~Mark > Raleigh, NC > > -- > 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/ADB8EE28-B2AC-49EA-8A37-57D3C2524407%40gmail.com. -- 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/QRQENPCHxY4/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/68d1af43-7d35-41c0-9b62-c3a81496f142n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/64DA7DE5-BCD2-4BD2-A62C-9F67EE4D90BF%40gmail.com.