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They cut the yellow boom? I re-read your original post. They cut the yellow boom and not the silver slider?!? If so, extremely incompetent... -Eric

Slot is fine. I assume you Edit: Slot is fine maybe too short. How long is the slot in your boom? The slot on my boom is 38.76mm or 1.526 in from the apex of the stress relief drilling to the edge of the boom. I couldn't hold my camera and my calipers at the same time or I would include...

Head up like Kim said but Head up like Kim said but besides not looking at the pedals don't look too closely toward the ground in front of the bike, especially in turns. Look further ahead in your future flight path. Just dipping your head can make the bike behave differently and when you do...

Andrew, I'm pretty sure Thom Andrew, I'm pretty sure Thom has been building stuff for years so I would suspect he and Charlie are just exploring different, um, various tweaks. -Eric

Recumbent results across races These results are still unofficial I believe. Looks like Charlie did the 12 Hour. Definitely hilly terrain based on the overall average speeds. -Eric

Looks similar to one of John Looks similar to one of John Tolhurst's skunkworks ideas but this looks like it might be a bit better balanced although Charlie's hands seem kind of high. http://cruzbike.com/vendetta-mini-skunkworks It also looks like a custom carbon fiber frame with the...

Did you get a power Did you get a power meter? -Eric

Velomobile reverse is via the Fred Flintstone method -Eric

Fred Flintstone is perfect How do you think you go in reverse in a velomobile? -Eric

Jim, Check out Composite Envisions Jim, Check out Composite Envisions: http://compositeenvisions.com/ Mike (carolina) over on BentRider is building his own velomobile from scratch using molds intended for a BD5 kit aircraft to derive his velo body from. He recommends these guys and...

Great job, Tim! Good looking Great job, Tim! Good looking metrics. What kind of daytime highs did you have? We're back to cooler weather here. -Eric

I'm kind of digging this last I'm kind of digging this last rig. Looks kind of like Jim Parker may have followed your lead on his hot weather ride rig too. -Eric

Jim, click on the Milan SL Jim, click on the Milan SL photo above and you will see it is a Canadian product by a very talented countryman of yours. I went the store-bought aero route and bought this: This is a 2010 Bluevelo.com Strada serial number #010. Note that Bluevelo is...

I think the other side would I think the other side would be more likely to foul the brake and shifter cable housings I I understand your meaning... -Eric

OK, lets see who can get the OK, lets see who can get the first video from this thing into this thread.... -Eric

Fare in that center tunnel a Fare in that center tunnel a bit and you would start to look a lot like this: -Eric

I wasn't thinking commuter I wasn't thinking commuter when mentioning cross winds but HPV streamliner racing. It doesn't take much wind to give those things a bit of a fit when racing around a track with the wind hitting them at all different kinds of angles. Or just traveling in a straight...

Eric (me) has zero expertise, Eric (me) has zero expertise, I'm a noob. I was quoting something I had read, I think on one of the RAAM website pages, about how often an 8 person team swaps out between riders which surprised me. I was thinking it would work like Larry describes but I think the...

I'm kind of worried about I'm kind of worried about cross winds... -Eric

How does your riding position How does your riding position compare to Charles' in this photo? He is 6 ft 1in. I'm not sure if he has the layback seatpost on this photo or not but it looks like with your shock tweaks and a layback seatpost you could get close to what you are trying to achieve...