Yay Leah, I love the new Platy and of course the #PlatyPosing we have been waiting for. The colors shine. I'm not that hard core either. I purchased a wool hat with flaps from RandiJo but haven't ventured into the cold windy air to ride yet. Catch me around March and I'll be there. Til then, I am working out indoors and walking daily outside. Keeping up my upper body strength for spring posing. I just received my front bag from Rons.com and a back bag from Swift. I'll see if I can get a weight on my bike for anyone interested. I've ridden for 30 years and never weighed my bikes. I never thought it mattered. I also didn't know better. Maybe ignorance is bliss. I rode a hybrid bike with generic tires across Iowa and thought it was the most fun thing ever. Someone on the ride commented on my big tires at the time and I shook my head and probably said something dumb. I am seriously the 'just ride' person out there who gets on a bike and rides. But now I'm curious. Since I do lift weights. My husband lifted the bike and put in on the Yakima racks on top of his car. He did it with ease. I have a hitch rack on the back of my Subaru that makes it a bit easier to get a bike on. Stay tuned. Kate in Trenton, NJ
On Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 12:07:27 AM UTC-5 Chris Halasz wrote: > Demanding passenger, seated in the basket, adds five or so pounds (it > would be rude to ask the exact amount) to our total weight. > > She is pleased with this Platy's 'Olive' tones. We'd have to change her > name to Persimmon or Pomegranate before considering those nice custom > colors. > > A typical weekly ride has about a thousand feet of climbing. Even with her > there, the bike rides wonderfully 'light and breezy', I hardly notice she's > there, until she looks back at me and whines about our uphill pace. > > Weather has been clear and cool following some welcome rains last month. > > [image: IMG_2554.jpeg] > > Cheers, > > Chris > On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 5:23:54 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Didn't you move to a place that has snow? For grocery getting by pedal >> power on snowy or icy streets, let me wholeheartedly (and I'm serious here) >> recommend at British Racing Tricycle. I owned one for 18-24 months before I >> sold it because I needed the money. I live in the SW high desert where snow >> that stays rarely sticks around, but I did considerable shopping on it when >> dry, and during that week or 2 in ~2010 that snow and ice stayed on the >> ground, I discovered how liberating a third wheel. With a Baggins Hoss on >> the back, it was the ideal grocery getter*, and with 3 wheels, when I saw >> ice or snow, I sped up**. If I lived where there was snow on the streets >> for more than 1 month per year, I'd buy another one.*** >> >> In the photo it has a tiny Camper Longflap, but I did use it with a Hoss, >> much bigger. Even better: get a custom-made rack / basket for the rear end. >> Downside: it tends to roll away from you when loading the rear unless you >> set the "parking brake" by cinching a brake lever. Two front brakes: cantis >> pulled by left, right pulled a ~1960s Alternburger dual pivot. Both on >> front wheel. Bottle dynamo with IQ something headlight. >> >> * I used to wheel it through the aisles of the nearby groceries, as I do >> my bikes and, nice features: didn't fall over while loading; never had to >> worry about flipping down the stand or leaning it against a fragile row of >> merchandise; weight didn't affect handling. >> >> ** You can also stop dead at stoplights or on hills without unclipping. >> >> *** I'd also convert from single wheel drive to a 2-wheel Trykit drive. >> This was 1-wheel drive and British, so that riding on the left, pedaling >> torque would push you up against the crown of the road and away from the >> kerb. In US of A, right side riding, the left drive wheel tended to push >> you down the camber into the curb. But I only noticed this while standing >> and honking hard up hills, and leaning to the left fixed it. Or perhaps our >> roads are flatter than in rainier climates. >> >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 5:40 PM Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It’s a shame that my roads are covered in a layer of packed snow and >>> ice. This bike is begging to be taken to the grocery store! I am not >>> exactly hard core; I will probably try this in March. But we’ll see. >>> >> -- 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/ff23385f-2cab-4df5-b006-0e1b2daa0e18n%40googlegroups.com.
