Thank you Joe. My hunch is that you are right. All Rivendell bikes are multi-functional with the right components. I pulled the 2.2 tire size out of my head so that it would become a non-factor when making the comparison. I thought it was the largest Platypus could handle without fenders. Still curious to hear about ride quality from real world experience. Anyone riding a Susie for an afternoon over pavement? Or picking their Platypus for off-road trails?
On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 10:38:02 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > Hi Laura, welcome! > > Tire size may be the decider for you since you mentioned 2.2. The max > listed for Platy is 50mm, which works out to about 1.95 inches. The Susie > goes to 2.8 so is definitely the way to go if you wants lots of air between > trail and rim. > > As for the question of which is a better all-rounder, the answer is both! > Just about every Riv ever made - and certainly most of the current models - > will happily do all the riding you've described, so I think you'll need to > weigh other factors: tire size, color, lugs or fillet joints, higher > toptube or lower (I'm into lower), and availability. Heck, you can choose > based on the name you like best! 🙂 > > Joe Bernard > > On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 7:21:57 PM UTC-8 me2g...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Thank you for the Platy feedback… Do I want to wait 6 to 9 months more >> for a bike? No! But, I will be building up a frame and parts are >> back-ordered as well, so buying a frame now will still involve waiting to >> get all of the components. Although, I am trying to make my mind up fast >> incase I decide on a Susie. >> >> I love the build of both bikes. I am not sure I want a tig welded >> version. Nothing wrong with tig welded bikes, but I already have one in the >> vintage MTB category. >> >> My theoretical question is: if components and tires are the same, how do >> the two bikes ride on pavement and easy trails? Is one of the bikes a >> better all-rounder??? >> >> On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 9:07:15 PM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Am I making this up, or is there going to be a Platypus style frame >>> that will be tig welded and a little stouter tubing coming as well? Would >>> that possibly be something that would fit the bill for Laura? >>> >>> Ben, who could be imagining things, in Omaha >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Dec 5, 2021, at 8:01 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >>> jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Laura! >>> >>> I have a Platypus and am a big fan of it. I have not ridden a Susie, but >>> I do have a Clem (which is in the same Hillibike category as Susie). I >>> won’t speak to trail riding because I don’t do a lot of it, and my bikes >>> are set up differently. But I see Blue Lug videos showing guys riding >>> Platys all over the darn countryside, so it’s probably doable. >>> >>> My point would be this: How soon are you looking to get a bike? Because >>> there is a shipment of incoming Susies heading to Rivendell soon, like this >>> month, but there will be no Platypuses until middle to late 2022. >>> (Rivendell says May 2022, but their bikes always seem a couple/few months >>> delayed. Last year they said Platys would come October, then November, and >>> so on and so forth. They actually came in April or May of the next year.) >>> >>> So, if you want a bike soon, get a Susie. If you want to wait, Platys >>> will arrive later in 2022. >>> L >>> >>> On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 5:08:15 PM UTC-8 me2g...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, I am new to this group and still trying to decide which >>>> Rivendell bike will be my first. I am torn between the Platypus and a >>>> Susie >>>> Longbolts. I hope that there are people here that have ridden both, or >>>> have >>>> turned one of them into their all-around, multi-terrain bike. Ideally, I >>>> would LOVE to have both, but that will take a few years to achieve! >>>> >>>> As a note, all-terrain is pavement, gravel, fire roads, hard-packed >>>> sand. Not aggressive single track or severe off-road. >>>> >>>> Rivendell promotes the Platypus mainly for pavement and the Susie for >>>> trails. In theory, if both were equipped with the same 2.2” all-terrain >>>> tire, which one would make the best multi-use bike? Would the differences >>>> be minor or is the geometry on one better able to adapt? >>>> >>>> Should I limit my expectations to what the bikes were designed for? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help, >>>> Laura >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3854c011-f48f-4b08-ae6f-4e378c1d77ean%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3854c011-f48f-4b08-ae6f-4e378c1d77ean%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/cdc823aa-06d9-4194-8ac9-e009af12b370n%40googlegroups.com.
