I'm looking forward to getting my Platty in the mermaid blue, and Analog cycles will be building it up for me. I haven't gotten to any of the specifics, but seeing all the colorful, personalized bikes on the board, especially from Leah and Mark, I'm going to move away a little from the classic looks that I like so much into more fun colors.
We can buy many already packaged anodized parts, for just a few dollars more than the standard silver versions. So, I'll be getting some color in the spoke nipples and cap, perhaps chain ring bolts, headset spacer, headlight. If you saw the Riv story on Instagram a few weeks ago of the blue EduluxII light on the blue Homer, that was mine (a local Riv-loving but not Riv dealer, Keystone Bikes installed that), and the blue vs silver was just $15. I love the look! I have a black saddle and pedals and the white and black grips that BBDD has. I'll be getting silver rack, fenders, and a kickstand, because all of those make the bike so darn practical, along with its mixte style. I'll probably be selling my beloved Joe Appaloosa, because I don't need three bikes. Roberta On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 11:28:16 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Yes, you must build your Platybee in solidarity with Platypus owners > country-wide. I think we need a new thread when the Platypuses land, and it > should be titled, Platypuses on Parade. > > Yes, you are king of the Hillibikes. And your collection is comprised of > the most colorful and fun bicycles. They have no rivals! > > I hope we get a newsletter from Rivendell soon that gives us a date for > the Platypus pre-order. I think those bikes are going to disappear within a > couple hours of launch. > Leah > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:59 AM, Mark Roland <absolut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I never get tired of looking at this bicycle. I wish I was one of the > folks gathering parts parts for an upcoming Platypus build (those would be > your platyparts, of course) but 2021 will be the year I finish the existing > build experiments in my queue and start to make some brutal downsizing > decisions, and the Platypus would just not be unredundant enough to justify > itself in the lineup. Plus I'm tapped after three Hillibikes coming on line > in 2020, which were funded in part from an influx of unexpected bike slush > fund cash. > > Having announced that lofty goal, one of the frames in my to do list is a > Schwinn Le Tour mixte. This will be my 5th such project with this model. I > picked up a complete 1977 Le Tour II in Violet over the Thanksgiving > holiday as my Platybee (a bike that wants to be a Platypus). It is > currently stripped down and waiting for me to see what is in the parts box. > I just recently came into possession of a nice Mavic/Campy wheel set for > it; going from 27" to 700c on these allows for 35mm tires to fit, though > this sounds darn skinny these days. Maybe out of solidarity I will start > the build when the Platypus frames arrive. I look forward to seeing the new > bikes take shape (with just a tinge of jealousy in my soul). > > <IMG_20201128_110006956.jpg> > > <IMG_9978(1).JPG> > > On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 6:32:59 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> [image: 4AFE365B-C68C-46F4-A214-CAF3AF3A5949.jpeg]It’s going to be your >> turn! It’s finally 2021 and January is the month of the mixte, or so the >> Riv site says. I’m really excited to see everyone’s new bikes and how each >> one is set up. Did anyone get a Platypus voucher for a Christmas present? >> Or maybe no excuse was necessary - you’re just getting it. What do you have >> in mind for your new bike? Commuter? Adventure bike? Rambler? Errands? >> >> You’re in for such a treat. The bike is light, fun, gorgeous, and very >> capable. I can’t wait to hear your news and see your photos. If you’re on >> Instagram, Rivendell has an official hashtag for us to use: #rbwplatypus. >> >> Happy New Year! >> Leah >> >> -- > 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/5Qe4GAOJReQ/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/ab006a9e-63df-4bfe-a587-7d841094e6ffn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ab006a9e-63df-4bfe-a587-7d841094e6ffn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <IMG_9978(1).JPG> > <IMG_20201128_110006956.jpg> > > -- 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/b91530c2-4ab0-47e5-a85c-8bd35df46b87n%40googlegroups.com.
