Yes, you must build your Platybee in solidarity with Platypus owners country-wide. I think we need a new thread when the Platypuses land, and it should be titled, Platypuses on Parade.
Yes, you are king of the Hillibikes. And your collection is comprised of the most colorful and fun bicycles. They have no rivals! I hope we get a newsletter from Rivendell soon that gives us a date for the Platypus pre-order. I think those bikes are going to disappear within a couple hours of launch. Leah Sent from my iPad > On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:59 AM, Mark Roland <absolutegal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I never get tired of looking at this bicycle. I wish I was one of the folks > gathering parts parts for an upcoming Platypus build (those would be your > platyparts, of course) but 2021 will be the year I finish the existing build > experiments in my queue and start to make some brutal downsizing decisions, > and the Platypus would just not be unredundant enough to justify itself in > the lineup. Plus I'm tapped after three Hillibikes coming on line in 2020, > which were funded in part from an influx of unexpected bike slush fund cash. > > Having announced that lofty goal, one of the frames in my to do list is a > Schwinn Le Tour mixte. This will be my 5th such project with this model. I > picked up a complete 1977 Le Tour II in Violet over the Thanksgiving holiday > as my Platybee (a bike that wants to be a Platypus). It is currently stripped > down and waiting for me to see what is in the parts box. I just recently came > into possession of a nice Mavic/Campy wheel set for it; going from 27" to > 700c on these allows for 35mm tires to fit, though this sounds darn skinny > these days. Maybe out of solidarity I will start the build when the Platypus > frames arrive. I look forward to seeing the new bikes take shape (with just a > tinge of jealousy in my soul). > <IMG_20201128_110006956.jpg> > > <IMG_9978(1).JPG> > >> On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 6:32:59 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> It’s going to be your turn! It’s finally 2021 and January is the month of >> the mixte, or so the Riv site says. I’m really excited to see everyone’s new >> bikes and how each one is set up. Did anyone get a Platypus voucher for a >> Christmas present? Or maybe no excuse was necessary - you’re just getting >> it. What do you have in mind for your new bike? Commuter? Adventure bike? >> Rambler? Errands? >> >> You’re in for such a treat. The bike is light, fun, gorgeous, and very >> capable. I can’t wait to hear your news and see your photos. If you’re on >> Instagram, Rivendell has an official hashtag for us to use: #rbwplatypus. >> >> Happy New Year! >> Leah >> > > -- > 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/5Qe4GAOJReQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/ab006a9e-63df-4bfe-a587-7d841094e6ffn%40googlegroups.com. > <IMG_9978(1).JPG> > <IMG_20201128_110006956.jpg> -- 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/A20A87D7-2DCE-4DC8-B063-70F177A69F00%40gmail.com.
