Re: [RBW] Bike Makeover Thread

[Leah Peterson]

I love the pink. I wish I had known how much the rose anodized parts I had would fade. They are nearly silver now. I should have put red chainring guard/spacers/brake levers instead of rose! I did not know Gravel King came in pink. What a resource you are! You’re as good as a RivSister, Brian! On Oct 15, 2023, at 9:48 PM, Coal Bee Rye Anne <lionsrugbyalu...@gmail.com> wrote: Here’s my contribution for most recent bike makeover from late summer (now nice and muddy from its last excursion when this picture was captured.)  This was previously my front basket equipped errand runner.  I ended up changing to the low rider rack and bags earlier than in the year while doing some stem and saddle swaps to allow easier fine tuning before reinstalling the bar brackets.  The rack was available while already removed from another bike also undergoing some minor changes.  Despite being intended as a temporary rack and basket trade between frames I decided to stick with it once I had them mounted and enjoyed the new and lighter build on this bike. I’ve had the pink gravelking SK tires and bartape in waiting but with no particular build planned.  The once bright red anodized chainring guard now faded to a pinkish hue I decided it was time to replace the mismatched blackwall tires and add more color to complement the guard in its current shade now with the other components somewhat solidified.  Only a few weeks and a handful of rides on this Lizard Skinz tape, however, it has worn so rapidly on the outer layer to already look like it needs replacing from months of hard use so will see how quickly it wears further from here. A spare set of wheels are also now shod with purple Gravelking SS for a more road oriented option though I mixed up the slightly different gearing between wheels and still need to swap the tires or cogs/freewheels to better match the gears and tread with terrain. I have unfortunately not been getting in nearly as much riding as I’d like between work and family commitments but with four complete bikes now in rotation with different builds I’ve otherwise been somewhat consistent with at least alternating them.  A new personal goal is to try and ride each at least once per week more frequently, even if just for a quick 30min loop.  The more I ride, though, the more I tend to want to tweak things here or there and do more make-overs! Brian Cole On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: In the same vein as my Bike Style thread, I’m starting a Bike Makeover thread. Every now and then, I get the urge to change up the look of my favorite Platypus. I have it perfect mechanically, but bags and grips and occasionally, saddles, beg to be changed up. It’s fully autumn here in the Great Lakes State, and my ivory Rivet was looking a little out of season. I was gifted a chestnut Rivet from a dear RivSister, so I decided to pull it out and put it on the bike. I took the brown Ergons from my other Platypus, slapped them on and sent her a photo.  “That bike deserves prettier grips. Those are ugly,” she said, giving me the unvarnished truth.  I looked again. She was right. Back to the drawing board. I finally found these grips from Rivet Cycle Works - Deb told me she had these but didn’t have them up on the website yet. She had the exact match to my chestnut saddle and days later, I had these gorgeous stamped leather grips in hand. The bike looks positively tonal. The colors of the paint throw out so many different shades of pinks and reds, thanks to the abundant glitter in the metallic; adding rich leather accessories only elevates the look. The stamped designs on the leather give the bike some texture and add visual interest at the handlebar area.  This Platypus is like a little autumn posey. Perfect and pretty, and wholly appointed to its duty. Now if I can just convince Deb to make these in ivory, so I have a pair to match my ivory Rivet saddle when spring comes… Attached in the next post are the before and afters. Leah -- 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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/53c9c0cc-59ef-460c-930e-e0c5301545cbn%40googlegroups.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/u_2mo2hU3Xo/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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