That is one nifty looking bicycle. It seems counterintuitive, but I like the swooptop style more than the traditional sloping top tube. It may have started way back with the first prototype photo of the Clementine (2014?). My immediate reaction was, that is the ugliest. I guess I then had a sudden conversion experience, because a couple minutes later, I decided I was going to buy one when they became available.
My favorite aesthetic would still have to be the diamond frame with standard diameter tubing and level top tube. But for the modern generation of bicycles with bigger tires and do-anything attitude, the Gus Boots/Susie, and the Charlie, and the swoopstays on the upcoming Platypus, along with slightly OS tubing and fat rubber--I don't know why, but just a pleasing overall look. Not really retro, but not super aggressive like so many of the current designs out there. That swoop softens the lines and gives it a convivial look--yet plenty bad-ass enough with big knobbies and bullmoose bars. The Charlie below looks great with what looks to be flipped albasomethings. Would look equally good with some type of flared drop. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:08:52 PM UTC-4, Flowerfang wrote: > > > another pic- test Gallop > > (can’t recall for certain- photo credit in this one is grant or sophia.) > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 8:48 AM Jeff B <jeff.b...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> If anyone zoomed in enough in the last email update, the Gallop Prototype >> was in this photo. Photo credit to Will as seen in the email update. >> >> [image: mail.jpeg] >> >> [image: fullsizeoutput_2.jpeg] >> >> >> -- >> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20155f80-4b63-424c-a989-3389609a794fo%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20155f80-4b63-424c-a989-3389609a794fo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/cda7f3c1-ea84-4f30-908a-20bee993ee8fo%40googlegroups.com.