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A few suggestions from my memory of riding my Sofrider: - Rotate the handlebars so the ends point as much downward as possible. It looks like they are pointing a bit backward towards you. This should unkink your wrists a bit. - If your stem is adjustable, point it as forward as possible to...

I see some carbon weave texture on the side of the seat.

What devilry is this? https://www.facebook.com/cruzbike/ Looks like no rear suspension, which may have advantages. Also, Charles pointed out knobby tires. Will we get a Vendetta with a higher seat angle and more tire clearance? Maybe a revision to the BB ring clamps? What else? My Silvio...

Sounds like you are a candidate for either a curved sider or maybe a longer chainstay.

Maybe the offset is small enough to not matter in practice, but unlike the Vendetta and Silvio where the chainstay pivots around the front wheel axis, the chainstay pivot on the T50 appears to be a bit in front of the dropouts, which means the effective chainstay length will change a bit with...

Try reversing the handlebar stem to match?

Have you tried sitting up when you slow down? I find it much easier to control my balance that way. It's also easier to see traffic.

John Tolhurst (who designed the suspension) said it could go in either direction. I wouldn't worry about that. Looks to me like the TI spring doesn't line up with the frame, as you said. Is the carbon fiber stay bent at all? In your first photo it almost looks that way, but it's probably just...

Assuming the pedal is in your dead spot the big ring looks pretty good. Before you were about 90 degrees off.

I don't see why. The stock Silvio used to have a lower BB because the chainstay was shorter. Now the Silvio and Vendetta appear to have the same chainstay, so I would expect the BB height to come out about the same.

FYI, the newest Silvio does not have a front suspension.

FYI there's also a Rival 22 Yaw, if you don't want to pay for Force. I believe the differences are only cosmetic. I upgraded my 10 speed Rival setup with the Yaw FD and it works great.

Another idea to open up the cockpit would be to use a medium chainstay instead of the large (of course this would lower the BB).

Same experience here. I gave up, it just didn't feel safe. I am now using a hose and bottle system (which is a bit low on capacity).

For my bike this is about greasing the boom, slider and associated clamps, but unfortunately there are many possible causes.

Many of us seem to prefer our arms extended straighter than this.

I think they forgot to take this note off the production bikes for quite a while.

Not without replacing the rest of the frame or degrading the handling.

I'm a little confused by this. The end of the boom is where the horizontal section of the handlebars clamps. Its position should be determined by thigh clearance. Therefore chest clearance should be the same for drop bars, straight bars, or bullhorns. The only difference between those bars...

That looks like a fair amount of knee bend. Is your left leg fully extended here? Have you tried a longer boom setting?