Plain here on my on mermaid Platy. On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 8:45:14 AM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote:
> Triumph: "I almost kept up with Leah on her Racing Plat" > Humiliation: "I couldn't keep up with Leah on her Training Plat" > > On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 7:09:03 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> >> As is usual, Bill is right. I would not dare argue with him OR his >> science. Also, he is funny. Yes, the cutout is the training lug and I am >> better for it, of that you may be sure! Maybe my next goal will be to work >> up to riding the Mermaid Plat on the club ride with that heavy lug and all. >> The ultimate demonstration of prowess. >> >> Now, the thing for the rest of you Platy-owners to know is which kind of >> Platypus you want when the summer Platys arrive. Do you want a Racer Platy >> or a Training Platy? Both are excellent. I might recommend one of each. >> >> Leah >> >> On Apr 8, 2022, at 9:42 AM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Leah asked: " What do you make of this?" >> >> >> Well DUH! Obviously the plainer one is much much better, proven by you >> because you love your Raspberry Plat so much more than any other bike. >> Reinforced by the fact that yoru Raspberry Plat absolutely DESTROYED the >> roadie-dominated club ride. The plain one is faster, stronger and >> awesomer. Believe the science! >> >> They snuck the slow heavy cutout one onto your mermaid Plat to make you >> work harder, so your Racing Plat is that much more dominant during your >> Alpha demonstrations of prowess. >> >> Mermaid Plat -- training bike >> Racing Plat -- event bike >> >> ;-P >> >> Bill "proving the proofs which have been proven" Lindsay >> Liv, MI >> >> >> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 6:16:02 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> Ok, good to know the real name. I will likely continue to mess it up. >>> Did you see the photos? What do you make of this? >>> >>> On Apr 8, 2022, at 9:11 AM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Leah, "bottom bracket lug" is perfectly descriptive, but I think the >>> term you'll see in print when lugs are being discussed is "bottom bracket >>> shell". That term isn't totally specific to cast bottom bracket shells >>> like this. The plain metal cylinder one would use in a tig welded or >>> fillet brazed frame is also called a "bottom bracket shell". Either way, >>> your "bottom bracket lug" identifies what you are talking about just fine >>> >>> >>> BL in WC >>> >>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 6:06:26 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I stumbled upon something very interesting. I was taking my mermaid >>>> Platypus out for a ride and I happened to notice what I thought was a >>>> large >>>> drop of water on the bottom bracket lug. It wasn’t - it’s a cut-out. It >>>> looked so foreign to me, so I looked at my raspberry Platypus. >>>> >>>> Totally different lugs. >>>> >>>> My raspberry is a sample bike. It made sense to me that it might have a >>>> different, simpler lug. But then I started looking on Instagram. Now, who >>>> takes photos of the bottom bracket lug (is that the name for it? I don’t >>>> know.)? Almost no one. But I found a mermaid Platy on Blue Lug’s account >>>> and it has the same lug as my raspberry bike. So, it is not because my >>>> bike >>>> is a sample. It seems some Platys went out with the cut-out lug, and some >>>> went out with the plain lug. I’ll attach photos in the following post… >>>> >>>> Which lug does your Platypus have? 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