I live in in Demarest (NE NJ, Rockland Ct border) and rode up Old Mountain Road on my Platypus. (I have triple CR on the front.) It was smooth sailing.
Jay Demarest, NJ On Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 2:03:11 AM UTC-4 Brooklyn Plat wrote: > I got one from that first batch of Platypuses. Twenty-five years as a Riv > fan, but never an owner, finis. Full membership in the cult, now. I decided > I would get the full experience and let Riv build it for me, also, I was > rebuilding another bike at the same time and couldn't handle a second > project. (That bike is kind of a Riv knockoff.) It's a modest build. No > fancy parts. I am curious about the low-normal derailer Grant is working > on. We'll see. Also I prefer a chainstay kickstand. Another thing to think > about. In low gear I just shot up Old Mountain Road near Nyack, and as > promised, no feeling at all that the bike was going to go over backward. > That's nearly tree climbing. I need to cloth tape the ESI grips, and at > first thought I'd do it in red; Riv even included a roll of the tape for me > to use, and I've got twine and shellac to finish it off. But I kind of like > the black/red combination, so I may do the grips in black. Since this photo > I've hung an inexpensive black rack off the back. Bikes have to be more > than pretty faces. Brooklyn being bike crazy right now and Riv having > caught on (I have my own theory), once inventory levels there are rebuilt I > expect to see myself coming and going on Brooklyn streets. Don't mind at > all. May Riv live long and prosper. > > [image: Riv1.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/d2c53803-a395-440e-a02d-22785a6fdd18n%40googlegroups.com.
