Oh, no, we must never part with our Platys. There’s probably some law about that, somewhere. Even I have not violated it! I have three of them and one of them is wholly unnecessary and do you see any for sale signs around here?
Ok, I’m joking, but only half joking. Platys are like air - we need them!!! On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 11:10:46 PM UTC-4 JAS wrote: > Leah, the answer is yes, I am having trouble deciding what to ride. My > favorite riding is on dirt trails, so Clem is the winner there. However, > Charlie is for the road and I have lots of non-busy roads I can ride from > my house. Charlie would be my choice for paved rail trails as well. Platy > is going to become the hauler for trips to the grocery store and with the > Travoy for recycling duty. It's such a hard choice....I almost don't need > the Platy. (Horrors!) I need a year to work through the rides, get some > fenders onto Charlie and see how it all plays out. Meanwhile, I love > having choices! > > On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 7:15:17 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> Jay, you need a barcon which matches the Exact Actuation pull ratio of >> SRAM road derailleurs. SRAM makes one for tri bikes. >> >> https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/sl-500-aero-a2 >> >> I assume Microshift makes one also but all I could find was stuff matched >> to mountain X-Actuation derailleurs. I have a Microshift thumby >> (index/friction, Exact Actuation) shifting a Rival 1. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 5:05:41 PM UTC-7 Jay wrote: >> >>> A question for you, Bill. I picked up on this from your post: "*I >>> could convert to a 1x11 with GRX rear Der, and an 11-speed indexed barcon, >>> with an 11-42 cassette*" >>> >>> On my Fargo I'm currently running Sram Apex 1x. Down the road I was >>> thinking of switching to a barcon, Tektro RRL brake levers, as they're my >>> favourite and I want to try 24-36 degree flared bars and I think the shape >>> of these levers would work okay on the angle resulting from the flared bar >>> (to my existing TRP Spryre callipers), using the existing Apex rear >>> derailleur and 11-42 cassette. I thought of running a barcon shifter but >>> wasn't sure what would work with my set-up...what barcon were you going to >>> run with GRX? Would that work with Sram Apex rear der? I welcome yours >>> and anyone else's thoughts as to how I can add a barcon for my 1x Sram Apex. >>> >>> On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 12:36:43 PM UTC-4 Ted Durant wrote: >>> >>>> On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 9:06:41 PM UTC-5 JAS wrote: >>>> >>>> And.....here she is! Charlie III in all her glory, named after two >>>> special dogs I know who are, of course, Charlie I and Charlie II. She's >>>> fast and light compared to my Clem and Platy and such a delight to ride. >>>> Joyful, zippy, and beautiful! I tried for all-silver components and did >>>> pretty well except for the rear derailleur. Be careful not to be blinded >>>> by the polished Velocity rims! >>>> >>>> >>>> I love how Rivendells in general, and Charlies in particular, are >>>> inspiring people to do very personal builds. Keep 'em coming! >>>> >>>> Ted Durant >>>> Milwaukee, WI USA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f15e8533-6aca-4b0b-a6d1-b8e5c0a034b9n%40googlegroups.com.
