Her name is Lacy. I’ll put her in touch. She isn’t a member of rbw-owners-bunch yet, but we’ll see how she takes to the Platy long term. We live near Atlanta on the Silver Comet,
https://groups.google.com/g/bicycletouring/c/cFpcvUWqzkA , and the Platy seems the ideal bike at this point.
For Patrick, she bought a KTM heavy touring bike in 2002 while we lived in Germany. With full shock absorber suspension, it is NOT lighter than your Platypus. Let’s face it, it is a beast. A pretty beast with a gold Deore LX groupset and hydraulic disc brakes, which served us well for touring, but she really didn’t enjoy it much over the last few years.