Really nice, Heather. Beautiful paint job and I love the looks of the cantilever brakes. Very classic. I've owned bike with V-brakes and know how well they perform, but have never warmed up to them from an aesthetic perspective. Much prefer the lines of a nice set of cantilevers.
David On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 9:58:25 AM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > RivSister Heather, > > Yes, yes, your blue Cheviot is welcome on this thread. Put those bikes > side by side, even! I was thinking about your Pumpkin Platy and I > remembered that there was a 2nd person that had a repaint done. He wanted a > root beer color, and got it. It was accidentally seen in the background of > one of Grant’s Blahg photos. That makes 3 Platys that I know of that are > not mermaid or limeolive. See here: > > > > On Jan 3, 2022, at 11:15 AM, Laura <me2g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Heather, > > I am that nut at Bent Creek who called out, *A PLATYPUS!!!!* It was a > chance encounter with Heather and Joel that got me to seriously consider a > Rivendell bike. I went from casual browser to serious dreamer! It is great > to see a few pics and recognize beautiful places around town. You did a > great job building up a wonderful bike. > > I am also inclined to lurk in the background online, especially since I am > Riv-less! Perhaps a Platypus is on my horizon… > On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 9:46:17 AM UTC-5 Roberta wrote: > >> Welcome to the group and to being a RivSister! You Pumpkin Bisque bike >> is beautiful and I loved reading your story about it. I visited Asheville >> perhaps 20 years ago and your pictures reminded me how lovely it is (and >> was), with the Platy setting off the beautiful scenery (or it it the other >> way around?!). >> >> Miles of smiles (your expression tells it all). >> >> Roberta >> >> On Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 8:39:23 PM UTC-5 Heather Hayes wrote: >> >>> Happy New Year to my fellow Platy people! I know I’m late to the Platy >>> party, but I just wanted to introduce myself and my Pumpkin Platypus. We’re >>> so honored to be here among the esteemed RBW Owners Bunch! I’ve been a >>> lurking wallflower on the forum for a while, and have so enjoyed watching >>> the reveals of all your lovely builds! >>> >>> >>> Though I initially had my heart set on a mermaid Platypus when they >>> first went live back in April, the online order form had other ideas. I >>> cracked my knuckles, hovered over the purchase button, then clicked BUY NOW >>> with the authority of a seasoned judge pounding a gavel… but my mermaid >>> selection auto-changed to limeolive, dashing my aqua-colored dreams. There >>> was nary a 50cm mermaid to be found anywhere. No offense to the lovely >>> limeolive, but as a graphic designer, having a color I personally LOVED was >>> very important to me! Reframing crisis as opportunity, I decided to repaint >>> the frame a custom color. Pea soup to pumpkin bisque instead, please! >>> >>> >>> After many, many, MANY nail-biting months of waiting, the newly painted >>> frame finally arrived. I carefully unwrapped my brand new Pumpkin Platy >>> with the same awe and enthusiasm of the father in A Christmas Story >>> unpacking his beloved leg lamp. (Though thankfully Rivendells are MUCH >>> sturdier!) ;) >>> >>> >>> My Platy mainly enjoys conquering steeper terrain here in the beautiful >>> Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC, but still loves adventuring near >>> aquatic habitats as well. Here on the forum, the swoopy elegance of this >>> frame has aptly been likened by Leah to that of a prom dress. Set up as a >>> gravel grinder, I wanted this badass bike to sport combat boots underneath >>> the sparkly orange gown. (She’s a gorgeous prom queen, but you're also kind >>> of afraid she'll kick you in the shins!) >>> >>> >>> My sweet RBW blue Cheviot townie now has a fierce and fiery friend by >>> her side, and I love having not one but two Rivendells to *JUST RIDE!* >>> >>> [image: Platy1.jpg][image: Platy2.jpg][image: Platy3.jpg] >>> >> -- > 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/w3NuvepUACY/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/30c78454-8205-48ac-b104-b2b37fb46a86n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30c78454-8205-48ac-b104-b2b37fb46a86n%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/3e11a546-3781-4f59-a1e8-32669c28256bn%40googlegroups.com.
