Thank you for the Platy feedback… Do I want to wait 6 to 9 months more for a bike? No! But, I will be building up a frame and parts are back-ordered as well, so buying a frame now will still involve waiting to get all of the components. Although, I am trying to make my mind up fast incase I decide on a Susie.
I love the build of both bikes. I am not sure I want a tig welded version. Nothing wrong with tig welded bikes, but I already have one in the vintage MTB category. My theoretical question is: if components and tires are the same, how do the two bikes ride on pavement and easy trails? Is one of the bikes a better all-rounder??? On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 9:07:15 PM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: > Am I making this up, or is there going to be a Platypus style frame that > will be tig welded and a little stouter tubing coming as well? Would that > possibly be something that would fit the bill for Laura? > > Ben, who could be imagining things, in Omaha > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 5, 2021, at 8:01 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <jonasa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Laura! > > I have a Platypus and am a big fan of it. I have not ridden a Susie, but I > do have a Clem (which is in the same Hillibike category as Susie). I won’t > speak to trail riding because I don’t do a lot of it, and my bikes are set > up differently. But I see Blue Lug videos showing guys riding Platys all > over the darn countryside, so it’s probably doable. > > My point would be this: How soon are you looking to get a bike? Because > there is a shipment of incoming Susies heading to Rivendell soon, like this > month, but there will be no Platypuses until middle to late 2022. > (Rivendell says May 2022, but their bikes always seem a couple/few months > delayed. Last year they said Platys would come October, then November, and > so on and so forth. They actually came in April or May of the next year.) > > So, if you want a bike soon, get a Susie. If you want to wait, Platys will > arrive later in 2022. > L > > On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 5:08:15 PM UTC-8 me2g...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hello, I am new to this group and still trying to decide which Rivendell >> bike will be my first. I am torn between the Platypus and a Susie >> Longbolts. I hope that there are people here that have ridden both, or have >> turned one of them into their all-around, multi-terrain bike. Ideally, I >> would LOVE to have both, but that will take a few years to achieve! >> >> As a note, all-terrain is pavement, gravel, fire roads, hard-packed sand. >> Not aggressive single track or severe off-road. >> >> Rivendell promotes the Platypus mainly for pavement and the Susie for >> trails. In theory, if both were equipped with the same 2.2” all-terrain >> tire, which one would make the best multi-use bike? Would the differences >> be minor or is the geometry on one better able to adapt? >> >> Should I limit my expectations to what the bikes were designed for? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> Laura >> > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3854c011-f48f-4b08-ae6f-4e378c1d77ean%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3854c011-f48f-4b08-ae6f-4e378c1d77ean%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/0392bbe1-853a-4530-ac0e-b98259db1ea8n%40googlegroups.com.
