Thank you Leah! I like the bar tapes too. They are varnished and it turned out really nice colours. The mechanic advised me to put the more different colour on the drive train side so that it gives contrast in photos. As you said Blue Lug staff are geniuses, they care about every small detail. I like your Platypus as well, really beautiful colour!
I used to ride Surly Cross check which I still love it but I think the Platypus fits better than the Surly for my purpose to ride. The platypus is really smooth and fun to ride as well as runs at very comfortable speed to commute in Tokyo. There are lots of traffic signals here and you have to stop many times so it really doesn't matter how fast you are. My platypus runs neither fast or slow but just comfortable and stable. It is flexible on unpaved roads, pushes me up with the long chain stay to climb up. I love the bike. I will keep posting how I enjoy riding my Platypus! Masa 2022年11月26日土曜日 12:47:39 UTC+9 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!: > > Hi Masa, so good to “see” you on this forum! Yes, your quote and photo > were so memorable it simply needed to be posted here. You are so lucky that > Blue Lug is your local shop; they are creative geniuses. I love that > two-color bar tape on your bars. How do you like your new Platypus? You > said it’s your first Rivendell - does it live up to your expectations? > Thank you for posting and sharing your new bike with us. Hope to hear more > from you on this forum! > Leah > > On Nov 25, 2022, at 8:42 PM, Masa <msts...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, I live in Tokyo and have been a fan of Rivendell since luckily my > local bike shop is Blue Lug! The other day I finally got my Platypus as my > first Riv. > > I found that Leah mentioned about my Instagram post on the other thread > and really appreciate that. > > It was just my understanding what Grant (and the mechanic who built my > Platty from Blue Lug) like to tell the owners of Riv. So it’s not my > original but just a reflection :) > > Masa > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/Lrj8HhVu5SE/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4622f0a7-61d2-4808-b7d3-84e352984dadn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4622f0a7-61d2-4808-b7d3-84e352984dadn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <IMG_9988.HEIC> > <IMG_0002.HEIC> > > -- 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/28d6ec6a-c3e4-49c1-9682-53bd60e3e69cn%40googlegroups.com.
