Hi, Leah. I keep a bottle of “fairy dust <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s0jVgiUUc5ok_dGGnIXX_SYZfnQnMnt2/view?usp=sharing>” on my Appaloosa. The contents are fur from my sweet departed kitty, Willa, who was always super excited to go out to the garage <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5F5_YkP4m-EpsSdJkzHEamYAi8i3IEp/view?usp=sharing> and build bikes.
Tyler On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM Josh C <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm loving your Riv collection. I say do what you love and do it well. I'm > living vicariously through you're rides and bike builds. > > On Monday, October 13, 2025 at 8:02:21 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> >> Johnny, what a small stroke of brilliance. A collection of themed >> Platypuses is just the ticket. It would be more cost-effective for me to >> assign all the new Platypus owners themes for their bikes! >> >> DTL - you are exactly right. A hobbit would ride a lime olive Clem for >> SURE. And pack his 2nd breakfast in those wicker basket panniers! >> >> Brent - it was MUCH cheaper to accessorize with little Etsy finds. I will >> probably do something similar for my OG Platypus. I’m thinking that bike is >> a flower. A posy, if you will. Should be easy to accessorize that theme. >> >> Dorothy - 2 Platypuses and a Cheviot…we are definitely sisters. >> >> On Oct 13, 2025, at 7:26 PM, Johnny Alien <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Look....do I kind of sort of want you to have a collection of every >> color they released each in a different theme.....I do. Am I sad that one >> left to have this one come in....I am. >> >> Love the new bike! I am s super fan of the oil slick look >> >> On Monday, October 13, 2025 at 5:58:28 PM UTC-4 DTL wrote: >> >>> Love the vibe of this! I have seen online before wicker basket panniers >>> <https://farmhousetrading.com.au/products/bicycle-pannier-style-basket?srsltid=AfmBOool7NniHXuSf5Adsa1Yuvu9IJPBJT7gVZs4ndLLjGfeTB9yNvMH> >>> (albeit >>> very pricey). >>> I remember thinking, if a Hobbit rode a bicycle, it would be a lime >>> olive Clem with these basket panniers, but they would equally suit this >>> fairy bike! >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 4:53:12 AM UTC+11 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Magical bike. Beautiful! >>>> >>>> On Monday, October 13, 2025 at 9:08:15 AM UTC-7 Dorothy C wrote: >>>> >>>>> I got one too - found a 55 periwinkle frame very briefly available on >>>>> the Blue Lug site last Tuesday. It arrived Friday and I finished building >>>>> it on Sunday, borrowed wheels off my son’s 55 Platy that I store in my >>>>> bike >>>>> shed for him, until I get a set of Rich built wheels with SON. This is my >>>>> second Platy - I also have a 50cm Sergio green from 2023. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 7:14:19 AM UTC-7 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> no one builds em like Leah ᵕ̈ what a great post >>>>>> >>>>>> much cheaper to accessorize with etsy (maybe?) finds than custom ano >>>>>> bike parts I bet! >>>>>> >>>>>> Brent in colorful NY >>>>>> On Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 9:28:17 AM UTC-4 [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> this bike just makes me smile. thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 3:47:29 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding >>>>>>> Ding! wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And for those of you who don’t fancy Instagram reels, here are some >>>>>>>> photos. >>>>>>>> [image: image0.jpeg][image: image7.jpeg][image: image8.jpeg][image: >>>>>>>> image6.jpeg][image: image3.jpeg][image: image4.jpeg][image: >>>>>>>> image5.jpeg] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 11, 2025, at 4:44 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have become like some of you and cannot leave well enough alone >>>>>>>> on my bikes. I was perfectly happy with my Platypus trio and my Charlie >>>>>>>> Gallop. But the more you ride, the more you know, the more you can’t >>>>>>>> stand >>>>>>>> something irksome in your build. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My 50 cm purple My Little Platy: dialed. Has a defined purpose. Fat >>>>>>>> tires, compact frame = perfect for dirt, gravel and travel. Have taken >>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>> on several of those rides this year and it slayed. Taking it on another >>>>>>>> dirt road 50 miles next weekend, and I expect it to do the same. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My raspberry OG Platy: Dialed. Became my camping and touring >>>>>>>> adventure bike this summer. Sublimely comfortable and utterly capable. >>>>>>>> Hundreds of miles of touring and camping just this summer! We are now >>>>>>>> converted. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Charlie: We’re in love. We go to all the club rides together, which >>>>>>>> is usually 3 days/week. He’s a scoundrel and utterly charming. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My mermaid Platy: Crickets. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, the mermaid. I was falling out of love with the color. And it >>>>>>>> was set up as a 1x, which was all the rage and definitely what I >>>>>>>> thought I >>>>>>>> wanted at the time. I got exactly what I asked for; everyone did right >>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>> me. But I was never in the right gear; they were all too hard or too >>>>>>>> easy, >>>>>>>> and I never felt at home in that gearing. Any other bike in my >>>>>>>> collection >>>>>>>> will do what I require of it, and each feels like it was made for me, >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> me alone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In the nearly 4 years we’ve lived in Michigan (which is also when I >>>>>>>> got this 1x mermaid Platypous), I have gone gangbusters on my riding. >>>>>>>> I am >>>>>>>> closing in on 4,000 miles for the year of ‘25. I have ridden nearly >>>>>>>> 12,000 >>>>>>>> miles in 4 years and I have developed *preferences.* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, change the drivetrain, Leah, you say. Well, it was a fancy >>>>>>>> Garbaruk drivetrain done in lime and gold to match the earthy theme of >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> bike. Shifters, derailler, chain rings, cages, pulleys, cassette - it >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> all have to go. The lime and gold drivetrain should stay with that >>>>>>>> bike, >>>>>>>> and that bike should stay with someone who loves it. I decided I’d >>>>>>>> sell the >>>>>>>> bike with the drivetrain and try to keep as many parts as I could >>>>>>>> reuse. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Because I had another project in mind. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rivendell came to the Philly Bike Expo with one of the prettiest, >>>>>>>> if not THE prettiest production color I’ve ever seen. A periwinkle >>>>>>>> stunner, >>>>>>>> belonging to James. When Rivendell released it as a production bike >>>>>>>> color, >>>>>>>> I looked wistfully at it. They were sold out at Riv, but one dropped >>>>>>>> onto >>>>>>>> the Blue Lug page in 55cm, and I bought it. It must have been the only >>>>>>>> one, >>>>>>>> because they were out of stock after my order went through. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I sold my mermaid bike to a darling couple just north of me, so I >>>>>>>> hope to see it again one day. I didn’t even have to make a listing as >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> had merely mentioned it to my buddy and he sent me a buyer. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I kept the wheelset, dyno lights, bars, stem, mirror, rack, basket, >>>>>>>> fenders, mudflaps and kickstand. I bought Silver shifters, a used >>>>>>>> derailler, traded my cerakoted Paul levers for silver Paul levers, new >>>>>>>> Rivet stamped leather grips, a rose gold Crane bell, Silver cranks, a >>>>>>>> triple, a new cassette, new seatpost (the new Platys have 27.2), and a >>>>>>>> new >>>>>>>> Brooks B68. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Like most of my bikes, this one has a theme. The purple bike: 80s >>>>>>>> My Little Pony, Charlie: Northern Lights. The raspberry needs one; I’m >>>>>>>> working on that. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This Platypus is a Woodland Fairy. It’s all I could see when I >>>>>>>> looked at the periwinkle. Ethereal, delicate, silvery lusciousness. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I’ve covered it in little butterfly charms and holographic fairy >>>>>>>> decals for the fenders. There are bottles of “fairy dust” hung on the >>>>>>>> frame >>>>>>>> if you look for them. The colors are pastel and shimmery. The walnut >>>>>>>> leather brings an element of earthiness to the build. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I don’t have a dedicated purpose for this bike; it’s pure luxury to >>>>>>>> have it. It could be used for shopping, touring and even camping, the >>>>>>>> way >>>>>>>> it is presently set up. But all my bikes get ridden, and I don’t mind a >>>>>>>> little redundancy. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The instagram link is below, if you want to see the Woodland Fairy >>>>>>>> Platypus. And now, I’m really done for good this time. 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