Hi all, After many shortish 8-10mile rides, I finally did a real ride on the Platypus. over 20 miles, 37 degrees and rain for about half of it. It was actually a pleasant ride because almost no wind. If it was 5 degrees cooler or blowing, it would have been miserable and I would have cut it short. The bike is brilliant. Did some decent hills (for west Michigan) that included nice flowy descents. I put a small front rack and basket and moved tool/tube and neck warmer/hat to the rack. Handling not quite as quick as with the handlebar bag with same contents. I think the handling was affected by the weight being out front more, even though it was lower. Will be going to wider bars soon as the Albas just a tiny bit narrow for my standing and rocking the bars climbing technique. Back to the brilliance of this Platypus. The bike is a big floaty couch that is still quick to accelerate and climb. It handles amazingly well. It is my most enigmatic bike by a long way.
Tom (riding as much as possible before real winter strikes) Palmer Twin Lake, MI -- 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/3f707664-16ad-40ee-80d8-27d05d8b3399n%40googlegroups.com.
