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I use the Giro helmet with the shield and I love it. But I don't know if it reduces the noise. I still experience a lot of wind noise. I was thinking of trying the cat ears. The Giro helmet is great, but for other reasons.

I use 28 mm Continental Gatorskins with a thicker tube (made for 28 mm tires) on a standard 700c wheel. The tires actually measure 26.5 mm wide. I experience no rolling or sloppiness and run them at 100 or 110 PSI - they feel fine even though they are on the high side of recommended widths for...

I forgot to add: Thank you Rick for posting your idea for the seat - that seat is a lifesaver where I ride.

I use the Speedplay X2 pedals. I used them for many years on a DF, and now use them on a Vendetta. They allow my feet to rotate so they don't cause unnecessary strain on the knees. I really like them. To disconnect, I just swing out my heel - this became second nature after a short period of...

I'm planning on a few various events this summer: National 24-hour Challenge (400 to 500 miles), MSU Gran Fondo (80 miles for charity), Covered Bridge Bike Tour (100 miles), Holland Hundred (100 miles), Coast Guard Festival (100 miles), ODRAM (150 miles), Ride United Lakeshore Tour (100 miles)...

You have 33 days to recover. :) Then 500 miles :cool: in 24 hours. :(

On my third Vendetta ride, a friend (riding his DF) and I were stopped at an intersection to talk for a minute before heading back. A considerate guy in a truck stopped and asked if we were ok. We said we were, but it seemed kind of odd. Then he turned around in a parking lot and came back...

If you have access to a friend's CompuTrainer, you could watch a graph of your pedaling forces. This type of feedback can show you in realtime how you are pedaling. Then you can change how you pedal, while watching the graph in realtime, to learn what it feels like to pedal in circles. Once...

Larry, can you show us a picture of your V on a KICKR trainer? That is, assuming that's what you're doing.

Holy Coal Rollers Batman, that's just disgusting. I suppose that will be the next big thing here since it's already next door (Illinois). I thought oncoming pickup trucks that pass in my lane on a road with no shoulder and run me into the ditch was bad enough. Now they're going to give me...

I took my first ride inside the pack today at a local bike shop's Saturday morning ride. The whole group goes for quite a few miles before breaking up into A, B, and C groups. I was totally comfortable on the V today - as comfortable as I used to be riding in a pack on a DF. I have about 18...

I have a Ventisit seat pad on my Volae carbon seat shell on my Vendetta. My butt feels the same after 100 miles on the Ventisit seat pad as it did when I got on the bike. Can't say that for a DF saddle even after 1 mile. And even better, I have zero problems with back sweat. Just an amazing...

Larry, Thanks for all of your hard work increasing our knowledge of crank size. I'm shortening my cranks due to your previous posts on the subject and I'm excited to get out there next week and start trying them out. One question: would it be easier to eliminate the wind and road variables...

While I can't speak to your symptoms specifically, and I am no expert, I am about your height and x-seam. I had read the lively postings in this forum on crank lengths, got to thinking, made some measurements of myself, and found that my legs are bending way lower than 90 degrees with 170 mm...

Larry, sorry if I missed it, but what technologies are you using to display RPM and MPH on a video?

Rick, please keep us up-to-date on your experiences with tubeless as soon as you are able to find viable options. I too think that is going to be a game-changer and is the future of road tires. It just seems to make sense.

Larry, I live on the west coast of Michigan where the Grand River goes into the big lake. If your V hits Canada, you've gone too far. Just keep tooling around the lower penninula's coast line in any direction and you'll eventually find it.

I do like the Hobie kayaks. They are fast and can go anywhere. A Hobie kayak can easily beat a normal kayak in a tug-of-war. Someday, I would like to get both a single seater and a tandem. The tandem would have out riggers, tramps, and a sail. The disadvantages though are that they don't...

Now that I think of it, I'm having the same experience trying to get DF riders interested in the V as I had trying to get DF riders to try out a recumbent boat. I have two recumbent boats and live in an area with a huge water system and beautiful, sandy beaches. There are a lot of cyclists...

I rode 53 miles today in the rain with three strong DF riders. I let her loose on one long, hilly, twisty, wet section and easily stayed away from the group. But afterwards, they still didn't get it. It wasn't excuses as in your case. It was just like the V was invisible. It didn't enter...