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Where do I sign up? :roll: :lol: :lol: Mark

Looks good! Have fun! Mark

Re: Planning Ahead - Hydration Doug, My first thought would be how long the hose from the hydration pack to the mouth would be. This water gets hot and is undrinkable on a summer day. The shorter, the better. If I was to design something, it would be an "H" shaped affair that would...

Got out for my second ride today. First official club ride on the Silvio. My bike was the focus of attention at the ride start. I was amazed how many people, upon first glance, see the chainstays and assume the entire bike is carbon! Most people had to look hard to realize it wasn't my...

Rude and downright criminal! :D Mark

Drider, I think you're talking about recumbutt and I don't get any of that. What I'm talking about are muscle cramps, from overuse. When I first got recumbent and was really and truly spinning, it makes you use your hamstring and glutes more than an upright. I had a few episodes of butt...

I prefer to click on "view new posts", which pulls up all new posts, regardless of topic, since your last log in. That saves a lot of skipping around. Mark

Jack, I think you're going to love them, they work really well for me. I think I'm going to get another one for my conversion bike. Mark

+1 about John being a genius. What a design! Talk about thinking outside the box! I still cannot figure out how it is I'm riding on 700c wheels, yet sit lower than I did on my 26/20 Vision. This approaches miraculous in scope. Also, the ride... The bike just soaks up rough pavement. I'm...

I failed your test. :oops: :lol: :lol: Mark

I would assume the Freerider rides well. I would assume my conversion will ride even better very soon. Like I said, benchmarks. Mark

Don't you hate it when that happens? Mark

I was thinking about this post earlier... The thing I remember when I first went recumbent were butt cramps. You have not lived life until your butt cheek cramps! :shock: After a long day of riding, I can also get it pretty bad in the calves. But, you will develop a sick spin on a...

I don't think my pump is that much in the wind. I think what isn't sheltered by the seatback is probably sheltered by my fat butt.. I really wanted to mount it underneath the telescoping top tube, but couldn't make the mount work without much fiddling. I may still mount it there, but it's...

Definitely I would like to see more places to put stuff. It would be cool if the seat back were more receptive to a hydration system. Or, a hydration system could be adapted to it... I dislike bottles to no end. Mark

I gave up a long time ago on trying to convert people to recumbents. It's really not worth it. I have a friend that rides a wedgie, but owns a Bachetta Aero (titanium). He's scared to ride the Aero because he's scared of the Tweener bars. Big wuss. I think it's not the tweener bars but the...

Night and day. The Silvio handles like it was built that way. The conversion rides like a conversion. I think I can make the conversion ride better, now that I know what it should ride like. It helps, having a benchmark. Dude.... Get a Silvio. Mark

I vote clipless pedals. If they were not all they're cracked up to be, they would have fallen out of favor years ago. Sooner or later, you're going to go, if you continue to ride. Resistance is futile. Know that. Mark

I shortened up the cable housings by anywhere from 1.50" to 3" and oh what a difference! A couple more notes: I didn't really sort out the "where to carry tube and tools" issue. I did the "bumbag" trick, which worked OK, but looked so 1990. I really struggled with where to put the pump...

I finally got the chance to really shake the Silvio out this morning. Certainly not a long ride, but very enlightening. My oldest daughter and I headed out for what was supposed to be an easy paced ride. Instead, we kind of hammered over to the bike path, then followed it for a few miles. I...