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Thanks Terrific. Thanks for sharing the link Eric. Kind regards...

If the 460mm bars don't work out If you find the 460mm bars just a little too narrow, you might want to take a look at the Salsa Cowbell 2. It is available in 460mm, but has a slight 12 degree flare that frees up a bit of room. Looks like a Goldilocks amount of flare to me. Details...

Bring back yellow! Cruzbike is my favourite bike company. Run by smart, dedicated people who have patented a clever product and get the manufacturing and continuous improvement right. They've also made the right marketing moves in shifting from very strong social media based promotion to...

Outstanding Larry Well done Larry. Outstanding time for a solo century!! BTW. I'm a fan of both the Bent-Up Aero bag and Perpetuum. The Aero bag has heaps of room - though I realise that it is not a simple matter to fit it to the Vendetta. With the two bottle holders on it, and...

Learning to the power of 2 Hi Kenneth I moved from a diamond frame bike (df) to a rwd recumbent 9 years ago. My experience I think of learning to ride to the power of 2. Here's how it went: #1. It took me 2 hours of riding around a school playground before I felt confident about...

Fascinating Fascinating Jim Given your 40km PB was an average of 46.9 km/hr (outstanding), this latest result is incredible given it was on the stock V2 with only the wheel covers. Granted it was three quarter distance. Maybe we could assume a 2 km/hr difference over 40kms? Maybe you're...

Water bottle location Hi Jim Thanks for sharing. Decent time for a century ride with that much time solo and that amount of climbing. Nice one. Couple of questions: #1. Why did you position your forward water-bottles where you did rather than under the seat (using a Hostel Shoppe...

PAC Tour for adventurers One other thought. If competition is your thing, then RAAM might be what you want to do. However, if adventure is more your focus (as it is for me) then putting together a group of Cruzbike riders to do a PAC Tour together is a way easier, and probably more...

The Team Bent Up Cycles RAAM adventure For the interested, the Team Bent Up Cycles RAAM story is told in 18 short chapters on the Bent Up Cycles blog. You can find those stories here...

Thanks Jim Thanks for taking the time to post the photos and explain the approach you've used. Best cost/benefit ratio around! I haven't yet decided on whether to go with discs or caliper brakes. I currently run a disc brake on the back and a caliper brake on the front (of my rwd...

Outstanding Larry Hey Larry Outstanding ride. Good on you for toughing it out and going all the way. Thanks for sharing...

Radical! Radical thinking Jim. My kind of guy. Just take care out there...

Jim Verheul is your man Completing a ride coast to coast across the US is on my bucket list, and I'd love to contribute to an 8-person RAAM team. Unfortunately my present personal circumstances suggest that being involved in 2016 won't be possible. I can tell you that severely pains me. So my...

Has anyone tried out the Catalyst wheel covers?? I'd love to hear about your experiences if you have. For those who haven't heard of them, you can find their website here> http://www.catalyst.bike/ Kind regards...

Outstanding!!! Fantastic that you're willing to try for baseline data. Here deep in the southern hemisphere the days are getting longer thankfully, so understand the changing seasons for you. As you say, the challenge will be encountering conditions roughly equivalent to your PB days...

Set-up comparisons Hi Jim Now that you've cracked a couple of PBs, and you're clearly in optimum shape, I'm wondering if you're in a mood to do a couple of comparison 40km TTs. Specifically, it would be very interesting to find out: #1. What time you can do on your Vendetta in...

Psychologically committed Jeremy - I hope that you're not feeling too beaten up by your recent fall. Lief - thanks for your observations and thoughts. I decided about 12 months ago to wait until the Vendetta was released in 11-speed format, and Ultegra Di2 was available. As time went by...

Holy cow. Well done! Hi Jim Holy cow Jim. You've running super impressive times for the 40km time trial. You might have some useful aero aids, but you're also doing a great job of tuning your motor. Congratulations...

Improvements Hi Jeremy Thanks for the heads-up on the other improvements to the Silvio. Although these days there is always the assumption that a new model will have many large and small improvements, the dedication that John and the team at Cruzbike have to continuous improvement...

Nailin' it John Hi John You're totally nailing it with this latest iteration of the Silvio IMHO. Nice work! The aspects I like in particular are: 1. The seat recline of 27 degrees. I've long thought that this is the 'Goldilocks' seat recline. Not too steep, not too reclined...