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Hotdog, Great setup! The bike looks really good kitted-out like that. Thanks for the detailed pics of the Double -Century. I'm considering one and was wondering about the detailed mounting. Best,

Jon - Brilliant! We'll call it NOS-e !!! Bwahhahaaa!!! I spun my front wheel briefly on an uphill restart on the Sofrider Proto yesterday (27 mile ride before lunch, glorious weather for a change). Mark is right in that wider tires are less likely to spin, but the whole thing is pretty...

Hi Gino, The frame and associated parts supplied by Cruzbike weight 14 lbs. This site can help you estimate what your components will add to that... http://weightweenies.starbike.com/ 22 lbs will require carefully selecting your components - I don't know that we've gotten a Silvio to weigh...

Jack, It should work with quantity 2 spacers, 2.5mm each. Have fun, Doug

Hi Rob, Good on ya for racing the bike. You should have a great time with the lowracers - giv'em 'ell. This chainguard should meet the organization's reqs... http://hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/readitem.pl?Accessory=996696771 I think Optima used to supply this from their store on your side of...

The expensive one is the Carbon Fiber and Titanium Sharpie you use when you knick your Carboyoke.

Well, I guess it's good to be hated for a worthwhile reason... :lol:

Okay, you're not going to believe what I'm telling you, but here's how I will fix this type of thing. I did it on a black car I owned, when my 18-month old son came up to me and said, "Daddy, I wash your car" and was holding a five-inch long rock. Sure enough, he had washed my car all the way...

Hey Jack, Actually, you got a good deal on those. They're semi-legendary "deer head" Shimano's, I believe, and they're in great condition. I've seen them go for big money on Ebay; they are probably the best above-bar friction shifters ever made. Your bike is assuming a very interesting...

Pretty cool, Stuart! I agree with you about the utility of this bike. It's not quite as fast as a Silvio (with a little component tweaking it can get pretty close, though). But the strong suit is the "go anywhere - do anything" nature of the bike. I think it puts the bike in its own class. And...

I Like it!

The parts are coming in now. The mission of this frame can be summarized as "Triples are for Short People, Too." This is being developed with the information I gathered from building Bryan's bike, plus initiatives we have underway for moving the front derailleur mounting point. First...

Okay, I misread this - I ws thinking lateral travel on the derailleur. The BB axke change w ill not help. You are facing an open chainstay angle, raising the derailleur like many of us have experienced. This occurs when the angle between the chainstays and the front tube is significantly...

Tom - One fix for this is to use a longer axle on the bottom bracket - that moves the crank and rings outward to center in the FD travel. If you remove the crank arms and measurefrom end to end on the axle, and let us know what the length is, we can probably recommend something that will fix...

hey, Bill, I love this bike. Very interesting combination of parts. very cool way of getting the seat height down. Will the shock bottom-out before the geometry goes over-center? The shock and geometry is probably giving a very interesting rate curve. Fascinating bike... Be well! Doug

Mark is correct about the seat position. This bike works best for several reasons when the seat is as close to the steerer as comfortable, which lowers the bottom bracket and brings your knees ahead of the steering axis. Several things come together in this position to shorten the practice time...

Add pictures of your Silvio to this thread so we can have a central gallery of rocketships. The BROL Review Bike:

Hi Mark, This is one of the reasons we don't go crazy putting low gears on the SR and FR. At some point gearing and traction limit come together, although the traditional bogey of letting the bike speed drop below the minimum balancing speed while pedalling furiously doesn't seem to show up on...

Sounds like great fun! With all the attention the Silvio's been getting lately it's easy to forget the other horses in the stable. The Sofrider and Freerider are as close to "go anywhere - do anything" bikes as you can get in a recumbent configuration, IMHO. The V1 works very well, and the V2's...

Bill, Mark is correct. It looks the same but is smaller, I pulled my kit bike apart to check it. Lemme see what else I can come up with. Sorry, Doug