OMG Leah ..... Go for ride around the neighbourhood like that. If someone asks if you got a new bike, reply "yeah, it's my new pool noodle bike I made in my spare time. It looks great doesn't it ?" Oh the reaction would be priceless !
On Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 1:24:17 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Here is the situation: > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 16, 2021, at 8:39 PM, Dorothy C <doroth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Leah, I find personally, as a 61 year old woman, that if I lift my > Cheviot with the stem in my right hand, then reach over the bike and grasp > the middle seat stay in my left hand, at about fender level, the center of > gravity seems more balanced front to rear, and I can lift it more easily. I > have pretty long arms for my height, so the saddle doesn’t get in the way. > > > > On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 5:02:00 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Gotta keep working on that. I might be able to get that Clem up higher >> now. Will report back. 🤣 >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 16, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Eric Daume <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> You could save the weights and just lift one of your Clems above your >> head :) >> >> Eric >> >> On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 4:37 PM Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I did NOT think this long bike would fit, but it does. I just slammed >>> the bars and angled the bike. Inched the bucket seat forward a hair. I will >>> wrap some pool noodles around the frame, tuck the suitcases around it, and >>> boom, done. I’m packing light this year, just bringing some dumbbells >>> besides the suitcases so I can keep up my weightlifting routine. The 3 >>> Clems on the rack will still be at risk, but those I can replace. There’s >>> only one raspberry Platypus, and I doubt windows will be smashed in when >>> the 3 bait bikes are in view. But still hoping to arrive to and from with >>> all 4 Rivendells! >>> >>> I really appreciate every point of view offered here. You were all >>> valuable to me. I love this community. >>> Leah >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2021, at 11:16 AM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> That works! Ok forget the part where I changed my mind and said leave >>> the Platy home cuz I was right the first time. I think the lesson we all >>> can learn here is...don't listen to me! 🤪 >>> >>> Joe know-nothing Bernard >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 8:29:05 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, here’s the compromise. If this bike is inside the locked van, good >>>> enough for me! Can you believe this long bike fit?! Everyone, quick, go >>>> buy >>>> a Honda Odyssey! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On Jun 16, 2021, at 7:17 AM, Melanie <myo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> If anything untoward happens on vacation, wouldn't you rather it >>>> happen to the Clem? Let the Clem be your beausage bike and let the Platy >>>> be >>>> your precious. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a relaxed vacation! >>>> >>>> Melanie (who is about to go on vacation, sadly sans any Riv at all) >>>> >>>> On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2:08:31 AM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Every summer I leave for five weeks or so. I drive across the country >>>>> to our home states and spend that time with our families. Our kids get >>>>> out >>>>> of the desert and get to have lake life and grandma time and run wild. I >>>>> have a Saris Freedom 4 bike rack, and I can/might take my Clem, my >>>>> Platypus >>>>> and the boys’ Clems. We get a lot of riding done up North, and with temps >>>>> 110 in Vegas in the summer, I relish that riding time. Hassle though it >>>>> is, >>>>> I’ll bring our Rivendells. Four of them. 🙄 >>>>> >>>>> But which ones? >>>>> >>>>> I can remember last year as we journeyed out of Yellowstone, we >>>>> thought it would be great to take the Beartooth Highway out of the park. >>>>> One moment we were enjoying views from the top of the world and the next, >>>>> we were in a June snowstorm that barely allowed visibility 20 feet in >>>>> front >>>>> of us. I worried for my dyno hub, and also that we’d be rear-ended. When >>>>> we >>>>> got to Billings, those poor bikes suffered through the most torrential >>>>> downpour I can ever remember driving through. My son’s Brooks B17 Select >>>>> still bears the scars (yes, it had a Randi Jo saddle cover). And then >>>>> there’s the theft risk (we u lock them to the rack overnight on our >>>>> drive), >>>>> and maybe it’s higher in the Bicycle Shortage of 2020 and 2021. Oh, and >>>>> the >>>>> risk of being knocked over by exuberant little nieces and nephews as we >>>>> jam >>>>> our bikes into family garages… >>>>> >>>>> The struggle is this. I don’t want to leave my most favorite bike ever >>>>> behind for 5 weeks. The Clem is just not the same, and though I plan to >>>>> bring it, I would really, REALLY miss my Platy if I ONLY took the Clem. >>>>> But >>>>> if tragedy should befall me, the raspberry Platy can’t exactly be >>>>> replaced. >>>>> There’s only one. >>>>> >>>>> Should I just take my chances because high risk, high reward? Suck >>>>> every last drop of joy out of it and stop worrying, because after all, it >>>>> is a bike, and it’s meant to be ridden? Or should I protect it, keep it >>>>> safe like Gollum and his Precious? Just ride the Clem and pine for the >>>>> Platy? I have hand-wrung about this for weeks. I decide, IT WILL BE FINE >>>>> JUST BRING IT and then back to JUST THINK OF HOW YOU WILL REGRET IT IF >>>>> YOUR >>>>> PLATY GETS HURT OR STOLEN. 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