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When I was doing my parking When I was doing my parking lot practices I also did a lot of slow speed figure 8s, steadily increasing acute turns - e.g. greater than 90 degrees and various other things, slaloms, abrupt hazard avoidance type of maneuvers, panic braking, etc. Then I would...

Woohoo! Good job! Just keep Woohoo! Good job! Just keep at it and you'll find it comes pretty fast, especially based on your progress so far. -Eric

Here is what horsing around Here is what horsing around cyclists is all about: Someone recently posted this on BROL and it just seemed appropo at this point.. -Eric

Mental telepathy is one of my Mental telepathy is one of my other talents but strangely it doesn't work with people's psychic turn signals...

I have a Topeak D-Torq Wrench I have a Topeak D-Torq Wrench DX. I like it a lot. It includes a case and various bits and has a range of 4-80 Nm which is perfect for bicycle parts. Pretty expensive but very nice. http://www.topeak.com/products/Homeshop-Tools/dtorq_dx -Eric

Neigh Charles, I'm not.     Neigh Charles, I'm not. :D

Here is my Quest photo set. Here is my Quest photo set. It may be helpful. I was going to do an assembly post but have never gotten to it. I took photos of the box, unpacking little by little, and assembly bit-by-bit. Click photo for a new window with my photo set: -Eric

Ivan, does your face hurt Ivan, does your face hurt from grinning? -Eric

For RWGPS there is just a For RWGPS there is just a toggle switch that redisplays values one way or the other but doesn't do anything with watts. Maybe because the numbers are "bigger" with watts? e.g. easier or more comfortable comparing: 170 watts to 200 watts Rather than...

I looked at your video again I looked at your video again and paused it to get a better look. I see where you are going but I'm curious how you mount it. -Eric

I had been thinking about I had been thinking about replicating this and playing with it, this makes it easier. Looks like you could almost collapse it quickly with some fitting changes. E.g. fold it up behind the headrest when not in use, extend it when you need it. How do you manage the...

Jim, here is one of the few Jim, here is one of the few rides I completed on my Vendetta with my power meter before I got clobbered. I was starting to experiment with trying to keep my speed up without spiking my power too much on hills. You can hover your mouse over the graph at the...

The ?Bachetta Brain Box that The Bachetta Brain Box that I ordered directly from Bachetta has "X-Eyed" embroidered on top of the bag so they appear to be one and the same. My bag looks just like yours - other than the color. It looks like it fits better on the Silvio than it does on the...

It is pretty easy to It is pretty easy to disassemble the Vendetta to ship it in a smaller box. Wheels off, seat off, boom and chainstay off and probably separated, handlebars off, might leave the fork on but it is easy to remove too and at this point everything is pretty flat. You don't...

On my Vendetta, I left the On my Vendetta, I left the rubber tubing around the clamp and headrest tubes to hold it in place as I slid the whole shebang into my desired location. The rubber tubing also helps the clamping to be a bit tighter and it definitely makes it more grippy so the headrest...

I went with SRAM components I went with SRAM components that their website said was compatible, e.g. my X9 TYPE 2 RD states it is 36T compatible. Here and various other places I found statements that said their road brifters would work with their MTB RDs. My choice for an 11-36 cassette...

John, sounds tricky to do and John, sounds tricky to do and get good results with the cushion cover. The terraced sheets of foam sounds simple and effective but how do you avoid a baggy cover or too tight a cover or a cover with bunched corners, etc? The first thing that popped in my head...

Uh oh, sounds like Andrew is Uh oh, sounds like Andrew is slipping over to the dark side... Sorry, couldn't resist. -Eric

This setup sounds way cool, This setup sounds way cool, please post build photos and keep us informed on how it all works out: -Eric

Hi Philip, I haven't really Hi Philip, I haven't really dug much into Shimano's driveline products so I can't speak to them but with SRAM it is pretty easy to mate up a larger range MTB cassette and MTB rear dérailleur (RD) with their road cranks and shifters. This is what I did on...