I DENY your assertion. And your Platypus is not even an actual Rivendell if it is still undelivered. It is an hypothesis only.
Patrick Moore, pitting his ACTUAL, and very Rivendellish Monocog against a merely hypothetical Platypus (and who looks forward to seeing photos of the ACTUAL Platypus if it really exists). On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < [email protected]> wrote: > The only Riv content in this post is Leah’s Platypus. Which, incidentally, > is supposed to be ready at the bike shop TOMORROW. > > !!!!!! > Leah > > On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 1:08:58 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Riv content: steel, simple and no-nonsense; traded Curt Goodrich Riv Road >> for it; but mainly that this bike really does encourage "just ride." >> >> I say "near" because I am still fettling the bar and stem (or perhaps >> just faffing about with bar and stem), but it's almost sorted. A nice >> bosque ride today, and what a transformation from the first ride where >> everything, everything felt wrong. Now, the fat WTB Rangers float very >> nicely over sand and roll very surprisingly well on pavement; the saddle is >> shoved all the way back and the titanium rails nicely absorb small bumps; >> the bar is fully 6" narrower, 2 cm closer, and angled 7* more upward than >> before; the (forgot make and model) cable discs stop firmly, if rather >> abruptly; and the gearing, at 32 X 15 X 30.5", or 65", is just right for >> dry conditions -- I just bought a 16 t in case I need to gear down to 61" >> for snow and sand. And I very easily and quickly drove a star nut into the >> bottom of the steerer as a mount to which to bolt the front fender. (The >> rear straps on.) >> >> But no, it's not as pretty as Leah's Platypus (when will we see that in >> all its glory?). >> >> Bad and very rushed photo of local wildlife: 2 very short and stocky and >> hairy ponies in someone's backyard. A dog walker wished to go by but had >> stopped and waited to maintain distance, and I did not want to delay him. >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/02136da6-8685-4e0b-94f0-c93856a79017n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/02136da6-8685-4e0b-94f0-c93856a79017n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvtvfYC9jtV01iA8z1Hpk6xFdzo%2BGfTaH-sj2t-q2ujWQ%40mail.gmail.com.
