Hi Leah, My 2 cents...take the Platy. You love her and she is your ride. Meant to be ridden and enjoyed and have all the memories. That's why you have her. You have an emotional attachment to every mile with her. Bring along what makes you happy. As far as traveling with your bike. I've done it for 30 years with bikes on top of my car. I cover my seats well for all kinds of crazy weather and we take in the bikes EVERY single night. NO MATTER WHAT. Even if we arrive late and are dead tired. EVERY MOTEL/HOTEL. I even ride cheap bikes but they are my ride and super important to me and I don't want to leave them on a car attracting attention. Thieves will go as far as removing your racks to take bikes. It's happened to a friend. Finally...we look forward to all the Platy adventure photos that you will share!!! Love, Kate 50 mermaid platy still in the build stage by RIV. Trenton, NJ
On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 5:14:45 AM UTC-4 ascpgh wrote: > Precious versus valued. > > "Precious" limits your use of the bike you love, valuing it acknowledges > how well it serves you now and for your future riding. > > I don't ride my Rambouillet to work too often because the trade off of > thirteen to fifteen hours of exposure in a rack (in a garage) exceeds my > peace of mind for the 20-30 minutes of riding there or home after provides. > My Surly commuter eases my mind and is drab rack bait despite the Brooks > saddle and SON hub, both of which have been through the apocalypse from a > precious bike perspective. Beausage versus beausavage. > > I have thought about this quandary when I see people with their cars or > trucks (which may be worse) that are over the line of too fancy to use in > the life they live. Sort of relates to shoes. You buy them to wear and if > you do wear them, they will meet the world where your feet are. Even shoes > can be too precious. We got a new car in December and it has been the > dependable > muddy dog hauler, our trusty foul weather mobility and all other things > vehicles have to be if used realistically and judiciously (I commute by > bike year round). If it were precious the pup would have gone back where he > came from. He rode home in the car from this episode at the dog park. > <https://photos.app.goo.gl/WcsLexaFWrxLhzSy6> He's ours and so is the > car. They met when it was three days new and he was nine weeks old. Both > are quite valued and occasionally get dirty. > > If you can relate to "valued" and all that it imparts to the relationship > you have with your bike, you'll take it with you. You will take steps not > to diminish it with risks of theft or pointless damage. You'll do your best > and have it with you for time and riding that would be lessened by not > having your Platy along. That SON hub is better off than many non-dyno hubs > regarding weather and slop exposure. Just don't leave them out where they > present the opportunity for theft or temptation that creates crime where it > otherwise isn't. Don't leave crumbs and you'll not have mice. I've had the > conversation with hotel folks who objected to me taking my bike into my > room and ended it by quoting their sign in the parking lot "Not responsible > for articles left in your vehicle". I should have a photo album of all the > hotel, motel, B&B rooms (and that box with a door at a VFW in Haysi, VA) > that I've taken my bike into for the night and photographed. I always had > it in the morning. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > > On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2:08:31 AM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Every summer I leave for five weeks or so. I drive across the country to >> our home states and spend that time with our families. Our kids get out of >> the desert and get to have lake life and grandma time and run wild. I have >> a Saris Freedom 4 bike rack, and I can/might take my Clem, my Platypus and >> the boys’ Clems. We get a lot of riding done up North, and with temps 110 >> in Vegas in the summer, I relish that riding time. Hassle though it is, >> I’ll bring our Rivendells. Four of them. 🙄 >> >> But which ones? >> >> I can remember last year as we journeyed out of Yellowstone, we thought >> it would be great to take the Beartooth Highway out of the park. One moment >> we were enjoying views from the top of the world and the next, we were in a >> June snowstorm that barely allowed visibility 20 feet in front of us. I >> worried for my dyno hub, and also that we’d be rear-ended. When we got to >> Billings, those poor bikes suffered through the most torrential downpour I >> can ever remember driving through. My son’s Brooks B17 Select still bears >> the scars (yes, it had a Randi Jo saddle cover). And then there’s the theft >> risk (we u lock them to the rack overnight on our drive), and maybe it’s >> higher in the Bicycle Shortage of 2020 and 2021. Oh, and the risk of being >> knocked over by exuberant little nieces and nephews as we jam our bikes >> into family garages… >> >> The struggle is this. I don’t want to leave my most favorite bike ever >> behind for 5 weeks. The Clem is just not the same, and though I plan to >> bring it, I would really, REALLY miss my Platy if I ONLY took the Clem. But >> if tragedy should befall me, the raspberry Platy can’t exactly be replaced. >> There’s only one. >> >> Should I just take my chances because high risk, high reward? Suck every >> last drop of joy out of it and stop worrying, because after all, it is a >> bike, and it’s meant to be ridden? Or should I protect it, keep it safe >> like Gollum and his Precious? Just ride the Clem and pine for the Platy? I >> have hand-wrung about this for weeks. I decide, IT WILL BE FINE JUST BRING >> IT and then back to JUST THINK OF HOW YOU WILL REGRET IT IF YOUR PLATY GETS >> HURT OR STOLEN. We leave Friday and the pressure is mounting. >> >> Who has an irreplaceable bike and can relate and would offer an opinion? >> Thanks! >> Leah >> > -- 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/5ac69f8a-ccc3-44a7-b1ec-444e87e373f0n%40googlegroups.com.
