So I take it the 50 purple Is on its way.... On Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 8:59:53 AM UTC-6 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
> I have been wanting to try a 50 cm Platypus. Not that I would part with my > 55 Platys, but I can’t take them traveling, and I have some rides in mind > for the coming year that would be made possible if I could get my bike on a > train. Well, I am technically in PBH range for a 50 Platy, and my > RivSisters tell me they can get theirs on buses and trains in the 50 size. > > So, I dispatched RivSister Sarah (of Primrose Platy fame) to HQ to tell me > how a 50 would ride, since we are the exact same PBH and nearly the same > height. She came back with rave reports about the bike and so I had a > decision to make. > > I was hesitant about the purple. Purple has not made my top list of > favorite colors. I thought I should go Sergio Green, but I have a mermaid > Platypus already. If I’m going to have 3 of the same model, I do want them > to look and feel a little different from each other. 2 greens - no. > > In the end, I selected the purple. It is fun. I am typing this to you on > my flight home from NYC, where purple is all the rage, currently. I have a > newfound admiration for purple. My parts will be pulled from my shimmery > blue Clem, a wild concoction of jewel toned parts, and slapped on that bold > purple for a truly one-of-a-kind look. The wilder, the better. And why not. > WHY NOT. > > Sending this now, before the plane takes off and I lose my internet! > [image: image0.jpeg] > > On Nov 22, 2023, at 9:25 PM, 'Bikie#4646' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Bill Lindsay, would you stop parading that "smoke" purple Legolas in > front of me? Trying to make me jealous? (Kidding aside, there could not be > a nicer looking bike, IMHO.) > > > Paul Germain > Midlothian, Va. > > On Friday, November 17, 2023 at 2:57:09 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> My purple Rivendell is pretty different from most other purple >> Rivendells. I was going for a "mineral purple" and the name of the shade >> is Amethyst Smoke. >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/51310826119/in/photolist-26anPuR-2iHBJM3-2iHDjYZ-2mbaoXR >> >> Bill "smoke 'em if you got 'em" Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Friday, November 17, 2023 at 6:34:41 AM UTC-8 Tim Bantham wrote: >> >>> Curious what folks think of the Riv frames in purple. I personally am on >>> the fence. I keep looking at it and can't decide if I would like it or not. >>> I would be perfectly fine with any of the other Riv colors but the purple >>> is a bit polarizing to me. Of course I am betting it looks great in person. >>> Thoughts? >>> >> -- > > 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/mkJaaUahPWo/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/b0ad3e75-26f3-4e08-8318-4cf6de287debn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b0ad3e75-26f3-4e08-8318-4cf6de287debn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/e984a944-210e-4fee-b80b-00b9b8939cccn%40googlegroups.com.
