Oh, I hope Saturday! 🤞 How far are you from Grand Rapids, MI? I want you to bring that Rosco Plat to our Riv Ride! 😍 (October 15!)
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2022, at 6:57 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote:
Mine has reached IL on its way to OH.
UPS says Monday, but maybe Saturday?
Eric Hope Cyclery posted a Rosco box in their IG Stories. Maybe they’ll show us the bike built up? Sent from my iPhone It would be nice to hear a ride report from someone who has ridden both the lugged Platy and the new Rosco Platy. And, I can't wait to see some build photos too! Doug
On Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 2:06:32 PM UTC-4 Eric Daume wrote:
I got my shipping invoice, so maybe it's coming? I have the parts all set out for it, though I'm still dithering on the handlebar.
Eric
Has anyone gotten and built up a Rosco Platy yet? I’m so excited to see one. Riv said in this week’s newsletter that they have begun shipping. Or maybe folks are picking them up from HQ. Hope so! L Booooo on the waiting. I got my custom quicker than this! On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 1:47:59 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
Eric, yes, so frustrating. The 2022 Platys were actually supposed to be here in May, then August, now October. And the Rosco Plats being delayed even though they are in the shop is so sad. If I had one on order and lived within a 12 hour drive of Walnut Creek, I’d spend Labor Day driving to get my bike.
It’s extra sad for those who live in certain parts of the country - winter is coming.
Leah They original target for these was May I think. I knew with the supply chain issues there would be problems and thats why I ultimately decided to go with a Clem L. A decision I have been very happy with. Not because the bikes got majorly delayed but because I love my Clem.
On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 3:59:40 PM UTC-4 Eric Daume wrote:
From this week's email:
Even though the (Roadini) frames are here, we just finished sending out the last of the Atlantis framesets and still have Atlantis builds in the queue. After that we have all the Rosco Platypus frames to either build up or send out, so please be OK with a long lead time, about a month and a half, and maybe slightly less for framesets.
So the RP's won't go until the Atlantis bikes get built? Even the frames that are just getting passed on? This is super frustrating.
Eric
I did confirm with Riv that the post is a 29.8mm.
Compared to the usual 26.8mm on other Rivs, this does raise the option of adding a dropper post :)
I believe (I can't find the spec now, maybe it was in a Riv email) the seatpost on these is 29.8. There's no Funky Monkey big enough.
On Monday, July 18, 2022 at 1:16:13 PM UTC-7 Lucky wrote:
Ok I finally have to ask if there’s a reason one could not use something like a Paul Funky Monkey rear cable hanger for seatpost? Or a similar cheaper device? I understand that it fixes the seat pretty well in place but otherwise? If I were looking to mount cantilevers on a Rosco Platy, I'd use a small loop of Spectra or Dyneema (high tech rope that's stronger than steel and doesn't stretch). Loop it through a cable anger and around the seat post stub like this, and you'd have a totally functional & totally unique brake setup:
![seatpost-line.png]() -W I called and asked about that forward-facing seat clamp because I have a NOS set of Dia Compe NGC 982 cantis that I have been saving aside for a mermaid Platypus build for my wife. We both got tired of waiting for the next Platy shipment and, per a conversation with Grant, the Rosco Platy has nearly identical geometry so we getting a green 50 cm frame instead.
Anyway, Will told me that the seat clamp lug was designed for the tandem frames and that they had been worried about too much heat weakening the seat tube in that area during fabrication. Turns out that the seat stays ended up being welded lower down and further away from the lug so they decided to use up those clamp lugs somewhere else.
My plan is to put a collar around the seatpost (29.8mm) and anchor a Nitto long cable hanger from there. It’ll be a minor inconvenience to adjust the collar whenever the seat height needs changing but it’s not a frequent or big deal to me.
Looking forward to getting this frame!
Allan in Marlboro, Vermont
On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 7:30:49 PM UTC-4 Garth wrote:
The ETT measurement is done so horizontally, as in perfectly level. That's why it's called theoretical as it is referring to bikes with sloping and/or missing top tubes(like a mixte). If you had a carpenters level you could get it "fairly" accurate for conversational purposes, but just eyeballing it not really.
I was seriously considering getting a purple one but then I noticed the reverso seat clamp. No cantilever cable hanger = no deal. V-brakes are "great" .... (me making funny faces).... as long as they're not on any bike I ride ;-).
On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 7:08:24 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote:
Straight across from center of seatpost to center of headtube 👍
On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 3:12:05 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
Shoot, Joe, I don’t remember either! I suppose I could measure if you tell me from where to where. Sent from my iPhone Dagnabbit, now I wish I could remember what Leah said the effective toptube is on her 55. Hey Leah! 🙋♂️
On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 12:29:56 PM UTC-7 Garth wrote:
I finally got through, it seems there was some comical phone technology things happening but we finally connected. I hadn't given the Rosco Platy any thought at all, zee-ro. I got the email and thought I'd at least see what they look like. That's a great move to offer it in purple as it is a fine alternative to the common production colors.
If anyone else needs to know here's the 60 cm geo .... Thanks Will !
HTA 69.5d
STA 72d Effective TT 652mm
Stack 666mm
Reach 430mm
Chainstay 540mm Rake 67mm
Front Center 726mm
Drop 80mm
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