I noticed that Rivendell wrote up a new product description for their Platypus. “...the most beautiful bike in our line” - if that doesn’t make you want to buy one, I just don’t know what will. (Also, I winged the grammar in that sentence, woah...)
Small town North Dakota doesn’t know about Rivendell. Or any bikes, really. When my parents visited Rivendell with me in 2018, Mom fell in love with a light sage Cheviot, so she bought it. Mom’s next-door neighbors just happen to be bike people, but they don’t presently own bikes. They are about my parents’ age, early 60s and they once rode coast to coast, a trip they remember fondly. Mom’s Chev was exactly Linda’s size, and Linda tried it out and loved it. When Mom left for a couple weeks this fall, Linda confessed she had taken the Cheviot and had been out riding it (in ND this somehow does not qualify as stealing 😂). She fell hard for that little Chev, and as a result, she’s getting a Platypus. She says it’s the first time she’s been excited about a bike in 30 years! She’s getting the blue. What a thrill it will be to show up this summer and pose with her for pics of our Platys. I know so few people in my “real life” who have Rivs, so what a gift. https://www.rivbike.com/products/frame-platypus-2021 On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 5:00:33 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Today there was mention of the Platys in the email newsletter from Will. > No pre-order for the Platys, just for the Sams. Hurry, hurry when they go > live! I think they’ll be gone. > Leah > > On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 1:21:24 PM UTC-8 duh...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> Apologies, my membership took a while to clear so my previous post is >> obsolete >> >> Jared, patiently waiting for late February, in Santa Cruz >> On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:53:56 AM UTC-8 Jared Wilson wrote: >> >>> I heard rumors of early February, holidays got the supply chain running >>> a bit slow. >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 4:28:15 PM UTC-8 Roberta wrote: >>> >>>> I"m disappointed, but not surprised. I'm hoping to get mine Mermaid >>>> Blue by springtime in the east, and if I love it as much as BBDD, it will >>>> be my retirement bike. >>>> >>>> I'm working out the last details with Analog Cycles this week, so they >>>> can start ordering parts. The plan is already-anodized pops of blue >>>> wherever we can (dyno light, nipples, caps, perhaps ring bolts, head >>>> spacers, whatever I can get). Parts will be mostly silver. 1x11 drive >>>> train. Tubeless with Gravel King tires (I forget model). I bought a pair >>>> of Losco bars from Joe and if they don't rise high enough for me, then I >>>> have Albatross. >>>> >>>> If we work it right, parts and frame will get there around the same >>>> time in Vermont. >>>> >>>> I'm looking forward to hearing what you're planning and to see the >>>> built up bikes! >>>> >>>> Roberta >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 6:35:52 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding >>>> Ding! wrote: >>>> >>>>> I saw the February Platypus ETA and I was so disappointed. Gosh, do >>>>> you think will get them before Valentine’s Day? >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 20, 2021, at 1:44 PM, Chris in NZ <ccli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> From Will’s email on the 19 December: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> “We'll get the container of Sams and Platypus in late January, but >>>>> they'll be up on the site early February.” >>>>> >>>>> I think the website has just been updated to show when they’ll be >>>>> available to order. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6:18:26 AM UTC+13 Tom Wyland wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So the website has been updated for Feb '21 now. Anyone heard about >>>>>> timing? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> 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/4e1d6f5b-193a-4c49-9295-3d355f1bdf37n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4e1d6f5b-193a-4c49-9295-3d355f1bdf37n%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/d0f12996-e63e-4e2f-9b87-550a5ae432can%40googlegroups.com.
