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The bike had a soft spot to land - on me - and it's unscathed. :D

You're right. I wasn't going super fast, but fast enough that I didn't want to go into that curb. I just have to be more careful until I have this bike figured out.

100 miles on a trainer?? :eek::eek::eek: I would die of boredom somewhere around mile 15.

I was practicing riding with one hand in the local parking lot last night. Everything was going great and I was getting pretty confident. Then I got a little too confident. I still tend to get leaned in to the turn on left hand turns. So I was going faster, steering with my right hand and...

My first couple of road rides were similar to yours. Death grip on the bars, wobbles, and fear of passing cars. Thankfully there were no close calls, all the cars gave me a nice wide berth. Even more scary was when a group of DF riders passed me. I'm pinned to the right shoulder and they are...

:rolleyes: You're right, of course.

Has anyone tried this bag on the V20 with stock seat? http://hostelshoppe.com/FASTBACK-Carbon-Slim-Seat-Bag-85224/ Or this one? http://hostelshoppe.com/HOSTEL-SHOPPE-Carbon-Seat-Bag-Sport-395101/ Right now I'm using a small Garneau tool bag in the triangle, but I will need something to stuff...

I think I pedal pretty smoothly. I shortened the boom 1cm and it seems to help. Also found the headrest bars were still off center. Thanks for all the help.

I took the beast out on the road yesterday. I picked a stretch of fairly flat road with low traffic and no potholes. I did pretty well, but still a little too white knuckle, and with random veering one way or the other. I'm wondering if I have my boom out too far for a newb. I've seen where a...

Not this time. ;) I'm getting more comfortable every day. Just need to fight my impatience to get on the road and go fast.... So far this has been a blast.

Last nights ride was all clipped in. No problems with slow stuff while clipped in. Worked on keeping a line while going faster, and riding with one hand. I still get in trouble with one hand off while pedaling. Here's a short video from a few days ago showing a level start and couple of slow turns.

Thanks Robert I've seen your posts in this vein before. Believe me, I've had visions of losing control and wobbling into oncoming traffic. I will be taking it slowly.

They are Continental GP 4000 IIs, 25c. I have tubes in them but will be going tubeless soon. I run them at 90 psi. The ride isn't bad.

V20 by pedlpadl posted Mar 28, 2016 at 12:07 AM Finally all put together. I rode awhile with no handlebar tape so no pics until now. Ultegra 6800 group set 50/34 front, 11/32 rear (bottom?) 165mm cranks Ultegra wheel set The wheels aren't the best but I got them for $300 and they're tubeless...

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I have a Ford Escape. I fold down the back seats. Put the Vendetta in front wheel first, then remove the back wheel. Very easy.

Had another practice session. Tried clipping in. No problem until I tried some slow turns. I got un-clipped in time to put my foot down, but my cycling shoes have hard soles, so I slid over. Biffed my left brifter and elbow. :rolleyes: Oh well, first scratch out of the way.

I'm short and my visibility is pretty good. The shorter your x seam, the more horizontal the boom becomes, and the lower your handlebar is.

:) So far I still have all my skin and all my bike's paint.

My practice session yesterday. The blob in the lower right is figure 8's. Not very small figure 8's yet...