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I think Bryan's review was a fair representation and I hereby approve. Though he struggled in doing so, Bryan nailed it on the comfort issue. I'll say that it's the most comfortable recumbent I've ridden. After doing two centuries, I believe it to qualify as all day comfortable, too The...

Depends..... Is there beer? :lol: :lol: Mark

That's part of the problem; it won't really rain much around here for another month, or so. By then, the hillsides that are burning now will slide because the ground cover has burned off. Most of the fire problems are arson. Copycat arson, to tell the truth and the news conglomorates can't...

IMHO, there's no "maybe" about it. Just don't put a kickstand on it.... PLEASE!!! :lol: :lol: Mark

And to think; had you encountered a fire along the way, you were prepared! You laugh, but here in SoCal these days, that's a distinct possibility! Mark

As a follow up to yesterday's report, I did alter my route as described and WOW!!! I may keep my alternate as my main route! It's entirely possible it was just the change of scenery that made it fun, but I really enjoyed today's ride. The streets were, for the most part, in good condition...

This probably should have been in the "Commute to Work" thread, but I felt it necessary, for some reason. ;) :lol: :lol: It was quite a ride this morning. First of all, it didn't get off to a great start. I went to bed pretty early last evening and remember distinctly setting the alarm. I...

WOW!! Glad you're OK, Jack. Good thing the bike survived, too! Mark

I was going to mention that, too, but didn't know enough to write intelligently about it... That's what I recall. Yeah.... that, too. I'd still like to try and play around with CF someday... Mark

I actually toyed with a similar idea with my conversion bike. It's made with pretty thick aluminum, so it's chunky. I was thinking about shortening up the downtube, then drilling two inch holes all over to sort of honeycomb it. Then, I was going to wrap the whole works in CF. It all harkens...

Especially climbing.... That really torques them off getting passed on a hill by a fat guy on a recumbent. It just blows their mind. Mark

I'd be real careful with this... I'd do some careful research on this because the last thing you want is to have that come apart on you while screaming down a hill. I'm sure you know that when aluminum goes, it does not give much warning. Sounds a little scary, to me. Mark

:lol: :lol: Thanks for the "Not-a-Mark B. Report"! :lol: :lol: Sounds like you had a great ride! Mark

I've been getting at or over 200 miles/week, yes. I'm getting stronger all the time, though finding myself in various states of fatigue, sometimes. I've been taking Mondays and Fridays off, which helps, and some days I make a conscious effort not to push hard going to work. Yes, getting...

I posted another century today. This one was a little tougher as we got in some 5000 ft of climbing mixed in. It started out as just a regular club ride. I went out with some of the faster folks and we made our way out to Lytle Creek. The group kept the pace pretty reasonable on the climb...

Abslutely, I will give you the heads up. Mark

Smitty, This picture Makes it look like you got plenty of room. As long as "the boys" aren't rubbing against the stem and you can sit upright on the bike, you have plenty of room. It looks as though moving the seat forward will give you some more nose height on the saddle (good thing) and...

Hey Smitty, Welcome to the forum!! The bike looks good, it appears you did your homework well! I would try moving the seat forward a little (extend the TFT to compensate, of course) and lay the seat back a bunch. Good things will happen for you and as long as you're learning, you just as...

It's too bad you couldn't have joined us on Saturday! Mark

No issues with my airshock yet. Getting used to the MBB is a fairly short learning curve. At first, it seems impossible, then you get to where it's manageable, then you get pretty handy with it. It's like anything else, you make progress pretty quickly when you first start out, then little...