Elated over her first ever multi (2) day bike ride, Leah Peterson gave me a real life glimpse at her latest Rivendell. It's a purple Platypus, a very purple Platypus,
which she embellished with "oil slick" anodized everything
providing a swirl of color even when sitting still.
Her only disappointment was the rims
which were "too red,"
they were supposed be fuchsia.
(I had to Google that one for clarification)
She's obviously in the wrong era,
Janis Joplin would have loved this bike.
We met to take a ride in the morning before the real heat
hit, neither was aware we'd had a storm.
Wandering through the trails in Portage
we found multiple problems left over night.
But, we meandered our way to Cold Stone Creamery
for ice cream before finishing a hot 20 mile jaunt.
I was disappointed she didn't have
a tie-dyed shirt to go with the bike,
but she made up for it with some
color coordinated gloves.
If you want to see this bike, you'll find
her and her Little Pony
on the nearest rainbow drafting the spirit
of Bill Walton riding his way to an
historical Grateful Dead concert.
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