I have a 55 Platy and have ridden a Clem L. Leah, BicycleBelleDingDing, has both. Clem L is significantly longer and heavier, but let Leah weigh in.
Platy is a perfect pavement bike--looks pretty and feels great. However, it is long (although it is 5 inches shorter than 52 Clem L) and will not fit on my city's bike bus rack. I've had no issues on the commuter trains. If you're near Philadelphia and you want to try my "everything but the kitchen sink" Platy, you're welcome to try. It will be up for sale soon. Why the sale? The ONLY reason is I cannot fit it on my city's bus rack and I live in the city where bus transportation is a must. It's a non issue for just about everyone else. (Replacement bike is also a Riv, but it's not finished yet, so haven't posted.) Feel free to contact me off list for a lot more details about different Riv mixte's and step thrus--I've tried them all. BTW, I also have this for sale https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/d/2019-handsome-cycles-55cm-she-devil/7670046879.html and LOVED riding it until my new Riv purchase. Not quite a Riv but a great commuter bike. Roberta, seems like I've tried all the mixtes I could, from Philadelphia On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 11:21:50 AM UTC-5 chungeu...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a complete Clem L for my wife and she enjoyed riding it so far. > However, she felt that it's a bit too much bike for her since she only > rides it on the pavement for the commute. She finds it too heavy when > storing it in a rack and bring it on the the commuting train. > Since she still likes the step-through design, I wonder if swapping it > with the complete Platypus would solve her problem. Or, can we solve this > with lighter components (probably the wheelset and tires?) and some cockpit > setup to make it more zippy? > > Best, > Chung > -- 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/cf9e0169-3a78-455f-ba79-19023a1cf3den%40googlegroups.com.
