Hi Laura, I just wanted to chime in with my experience so far. I never sat on a Rivendell until I unboxed my new 50 Mermaid Platy (PBH 80). I have Rene Herse 48's on it and ride the bike on NJ roads (huge potholes and glass), up and down curbs, across grass parks, gravel towpaths, roots and rocky paths even chunky hand sized rocky roads. It handles like a dream and I love everything about it. It's gorgeous, the color is amazing and I can't even think of a reason to have another bike at this time. It's set up with a rack in the back for panniers so I can do some light touring but I'm mostly on roads.
You have many good suggestions. Roberta and Leah both mentioned that you could pick up a Suzie now and get a Platy later. Not a bad idea if you want to get on one now. I had no idea what I was missing all these years. Rivendell bikes are SWEEET. I'm in love. Honeymooning in New Jersey...Kate On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 11:15:47 AM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote: > -- 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/6ee9021a-2649-438a-9d50-4b7046153309n%40googlegroups.com.
