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Try this fork maintenance and greasing is an every 2 year event (I hate squeaks)... The Silvio meant learn some new ideas. Assuming it's the same as the Silvo stack and clamp... Grease the bevels of the stack lightly; I apply inside the frame. Install the fork horizontally Lightly...

Ye-olde GPS Elevation question Yeah Elevation is a funny thing. See this from BROL if you want to see how it works or how it use to work. http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showpost.php?p=1196918&postcount=3 Ride with GPS has recently modernized their method and it now...

Them dar hills be rollers LOL Gary, yeah 5.8% isn't bad except that it's the average on that hill. Probably one of the flatter rides around here. The street my house is on is 9% but then we have nothing whatsoever like what you have. I like to climb so I pay attention to what others ride on...

Tail winds are Winds are fickle; take what you can get when you can; I ride out with the wind when I can. I've had it flip on me too many times. We will play fetch around here when the winds are bad. Take two cars leave one 40 miles down wind then drive back and ride out on the bikes to...

Montivation counts Motivation always plays a factor too. At the highlighted portion of the ride I was being chased up hill into the wind by a honey wagon. I believe you city folks call those things "manurer spreaders".

On the new 26 in version The bolts on a new 26 version came different than all the other bikes and worked far better. For Seat Back to Pan it was: Short bolt --> Washer --> Seat back --> Gromet --> Seat Pan --> Washer --> Large plastic thumb nob nut For the Seat Pan to Frame it was...

So after riding DF bikes for years; one sometimes needs to revisit expectations. Winds around here always blow so you get use to planning your rides around them. Riding into the wind is like climbing except that you can't get to the top of the wind. This time of the year when the winds...

Yes my wife is still speaking to me.....sort of. I came home friday to this: And it turned into this on Sunday: They are not all staying here with us, but it does still answer the question about why we don't have a boat. I'm amending the formula about bikes; the...

And then there where 8.... 3 Cruzbike boxes in the Garage. Time to grab a wrench and go play. They aren't all staying here two depart with out of state family memember; but I think we'll need a photo moment with all 8 in the group shot before that happens.

Everbody knows there body but.... Everyone know what works for them; but I'll chime in and ask is there any chance the boom is set to short and thus your hands are just too far forward. Mrs ratz had neck and arm soreness on the trainer when we fit her this winter. Will pull the bars back and...

Well well Well alright; that's looking mighty good. But something big and yellow is missing. But that's a lot of red and black. Do I smell a custom powder coat? I see mountain elite jagwire kit, a rival brake set; disc brakes carbon drops and a lot of other goodies. Which drop bars...

Explain? Andrew, We don't explain; we just promise to never do it again; after the fact; and usually during the beating. The key factor is making sure your fingers are crossed.

I was surpised when news reached my ears of some interesting changes a foot in the next batch of Silvio's. I am not a certified spiller of the beans and I have not verified info..... But perhaps we will get some announcements soon about what's coming up. I have a feeling we'll see some...

Use the sheldon brown calculator for the dual drive Best way is to just calculate at sheldon brown they have a calculation built for the dual drive. A above is the gear inches for both bikes with a high and wide 9speed cassette which I believe what is shipping on the version 3...

The Quest Project is coming along nicely. How many MBB can you find in this picture? After some fiddling we got both the Quests seat angles locked in at 43deg which makes jumping between the two sizes feel about the same ergo wise. I did need to lower the gearing on the 559...

Use the socket version For the Dual Drive use this lock ring tool. http://www.amazon.com/M-Wave-880081-Cassette-sprocket-remover/dp/B001V535KU/ref=sr_1_29?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1401202338&sr=1-29&keywords=Lockring+Removal+Tool That one is for a Sock wrench so it's hollow all...

Just did that I just did that on a Quest v1 that I was rehabbing. I used two long arm allen wrench to crack the bolt. Sort arm wrenches didn't have enough leverage to defeat the frozen bolt in the cone. After the bolt was out, I had to spray some lube under the lip of the cone. I let that...

Now Spring is really here Each spring when the tree blooms we take our photos for that winters project. This year it was the Silvo's turn. These were taken after logging about 100 miles over the memorial day weekend. After that many miles and the best photo op was in the front yard...

I want Rick's weather Congrat's on 1000 miles Rick. I'm only at 550km on the Silvio. Mostly it's just been too cold. But I am settling in nicely. Mileage might be low compared to you, but it is more than I ever get this early in the season. Thanks to the Silvio, if I can stomach the cold, I...

New Sensor Goodness Looks like we now have two magnet-less cadence sensors options; and a magnet-less speed sensor. This is should be a welcome development for Vendetta and Silvio riders. Garmins Magnetless Sensors review We have the wahoo one on the wife's Silvio it works good. That...