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Larry: P.S. Can you get the wind tunnel results before the N24HC? :) Recumbents are going to be treated without "bikeism" this year. Yes! So you must come help annihilate some records. It will be legendary. :cool: But anyway, build a wind tunnel. You only live once. How many times in...

Larry, do you have specific plans for a homemade wind tunnel? It seems like you could get or make a big, industrial fan capable of 30mph winds, put it in a large, cylindrical, smooth room, build a sliding platform with a rotating upper deck, connect the sliding platform to the stationary floor...

So what did you find in your testing of a disc wheel vs a regular rear wheel? Or have you not tested those two against each other?

So Larry, will you test (or have you already tested) these things in your super secret test facility? I'm very interested in this topic for my own (admittedly) selfish reasons (specifically, the 2016 batbike). I'm wondering, scientifically, if the results are reproducable. I would do the...

For what it's worth, my x-seam is 42.5 inches and I have the medium (normal) chainstay, which works perfectly for me.

Holey moley!

Okay, I'll start thinking about power again. The type I used before was the PowerTap hub, but that was ages ago. Helmets: I suspect the helmet testing is performed with the helmets in the "face down" position, while we wear them in the "face tilted up" position. I would expect our Giro Attack...

It symbolizes the highly trained human component (no super powers or EPO) paired with superior technology. You can spot the super villains by their weapons of choice: clouds of toxic smoke, screaming out of windows while expressing IQ with a single finger, and of course, beaten up pickup...

Stealth Bike

What do you think of putting a single sheet of stiff plastic in the area under the boom and above the front tire? This would be in a plane that is perpendicular to the ground (so it would be vertical) and would be in line with the bike from front to back. It would effectively stop air flow...

Pretty much everyone has to go through what you are experiencing. There are many posts in this forum about how to solve your problem, so I won't go into that here. But here's the bottom line: you have to practice a lot so that your brain will rewire. It varies by person, but it took me 8 weeks...

I'm your age, but don't have any issues. I just wanted to mention that my max HR has not decreased over many years. I remember reading somewhere that normally a person's max HR will decrease with age due to stiffness of the cardiac tissue. But researchers found that this is not true for athletes...

I started falling asleep during the N24HC and had to lie down on the grass and take a nap for a while. The V's comfortable ride wasn't helping me to keep my eyes open in the middle of the night.

Your motor has another 50 years on it if you keep riding.

I knew there was a reason why superheroes wear body armor.

Your top end might not be enough for high speed. I have 150 mm cranks, 53T Q-ring, and an 11T cog for my high end. It's okay, but I wouldn't want a smaller chainring. I don't know how fast you like to go. Just a thought.

Medium? What are you implying?

Regarding the need to pee, I noticed it a lot when I started riding the V. Then I slowly adapted. I did 100 miles on Sunday and only urinated once for the whole ride, at around 50 miles. But I might like to try a catheter (Larry's idea) for racing anyway.

Where can I get one?