I sold my Chev back in 2021 to get a Clem because I wanted bigger tire clearance and v-brakes. Then the Platypus came out, which was essentially a Chev with nominally bigger tire clearance and v-brake posts, so I switched back. I would ride a Cheviot again, but prefer the Platypus.
Jason on this list has my old Cheviot and, I think, uses it as a daily commuter. He may be willing to sell it, though. It's a good bike and the last time I saw it was in great condition and nice build. On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 7:56:19 AM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > My completely wild guess with no facts to back it up - when has this ever > stopped me?! - is low volume. The timeline you describe is pre-pandemic > boom and, I think, pre-the more widely held acceptance of low stepover > frames as a thing dudes ride. Now there's Clem Ls and Platys as far as the > eye can see - we don't even have the Clem H anymore - because Riv hit their > bike boom and everybody rides low step! > > *obligatory shots of my low step custom and step-through Clem > > [image: Screenshot_20240308_045503.jpg][image: > Screenshot_20240308_045342.jpg] > > On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 4:35:13 AM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Recently a James on this List wanted a 60 cm Cheviot. Pam (who always >> wants everyone to find their Rivendell and get riding) asked me to help >> find one. I knew it would be difficult, and while I didn’t find him one, >> Kim found him TWO, and in James’ preferred color. Happy ending. >> >> Anyway, it seems to me (I might be wrong) that Cheviots are rarely for >> sale. I think they were made from 2014-2019, so they did have a good run. >> Is it that their owners keep them? Or are there really just so few? Maybe >> more of them belong to women, and maybe women don’t sell bikes as often as >> men do? >> >> Why is it so hard to find a Cheviot on the used market? This is what I >> want to know. >> >> 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/0cd5bf1e-aa56-4994-a933-092f73bf07e1n%40googlegroups.com.
