Hands down, IMO, get a Platypus! Honestly SO good for riding around town, it's super comfortable and stable. Climbs like a dream, fast on the flats to speed through those yellow lights, easy step through frame for hopping on and off. Looks gorgeous and you will receive many compliments, but it can definitely handle all-too-frequent potholes and unpaved gravel sections of streets (maybe that's just in Portland?). I have a basket up front and a rear rack for carrying stuff and they don't weigh the bike down at all, and they're fantastic for errands.
On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 4:56:10 AM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: > Having a proto Gallop (designed to be a zippier road bike) and now a Clem > (designed to be a do all modern mountain bike) I can say that the overall > opinion that the Clem is not as sprite as other models comes down to builds > more than frame. I can easily say that if I threw heavier commuter tires on > the Gallop and added some racks and a Dynamo wheel and then on the flip > side gave the Clem some light components and nice light/supple tires that > the Clem would feel much zippier than the Gallop. I would argue that there > isn't a bike in the lineup that couldnt do what you want to do and be a > whole lot of fun to ride while you are doing it. Maybe not the Roadeo but > that's about it. > > On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 7:30:40 AM UTC-4 Rusty Click wrote: > >> Graham, >> I live in Pittsburgh, PA and if your travels take you anywhere near...say >> somewhere between CLE and IAD, I'd bring you my 60 Sam to ride. I also >> have a MUSA 62 Atlantis that's set up as a tourer if you'd like to try it. >> I use the Sam very much like you plan to do and love the ride. I've even >> had racks on it and used it for weeklong touring (before Atlantis), and it >> held up fine even if a little out of its wheelhouse. >> >> Rusty >> >> On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 9:58:33 AM UTC-5 Graham McCall wrote: >> >>> I’m currently trying to decide what Riv to buy for a general around town >>> city build. Plan would be upright bars, front rack and dynamo build. >>> >>> I’d like something that isn’t specifically designed around carrying a >>> ton of stuff. I’d prefer something fun to ride then be built to carry the >>> kitchen sink. >>> >>> What frames have people built up this way that feel great? >>> >>> I was thinking a Joe, Homer, etc. I also love the Clem, but haven’t >>> ridden any Riv. >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> -- 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/01efd049-314b-4fb8-98c9-176b2bbaf6abn%40googlegroups.com.
