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Also for the Silvio.... I ran housing inside for three reasons. We are running tubeless so I stashed the emergency Tube, Tubless Tire Wrench and patch kit down inside the frame. If I actually need a tube removing the seat will be a mirror addition to my hassles. This leaves a lot more room in...

I went pretty low and almost Charles, definitely agree but I'm no masher (althought the Silvio wants to make me one.... Little Ring? What little Ring?)...Any how when I have to use that granny gear it's because I probably bonked. Right now I can spin the 24T, 26T and the 28T at 100rpm...

WiFLi or Mountain Larry, The SRAM Road WiFL max out at 32T and works with the WiFL medium cage Derailleurs. As you probably know that's the 1070 and 1050 cassette series You'll see the various sizes on the SRAM Road web page. However, if you go to the mountain section of the webpage you...

Usage report.... Ok had the alarm on the bike for 5 rides. Battery still going strong. Discovered two new uses as a happy accident. 1) Dog runs towards bike while rolling. Activate the alarm sensor while riding; alarm immediately goes off; dog stops and stares as I ride away...

On to the next project. Finding a great, mirror solution, not a good one but a great one. I've been riding with Mirrors for what seems like ages. The bullhorns on the Silvio are going to be a mirror challenge. I've got the Zefal Spay mirrors )which I've used for ages) and have an ok...

Yep there's an insert Ivan's right. I mounted ours about 2cm-2.5cm further forward so that the brifter's plastic housing is hanging off the end. Since brifters are made to go on a curved bar it works and is stable. (Did chin-ups hanging from them to test). I did that to get just a bit more...

The other side Marc, I cut them on the other side of the hole leaving a small "U" opening. That made it easier to fit and contour the insert I made for the end of the bar for wrapping; and left a tiny bit up upturn for the brifter housing to bite into for security. The brifter...

Bullhorn brifters ride number 3 Ok Lady Ratz has got the bug. Here are some live shots from ride number 3 (total bike time on the road < 1 hour so far). Shows the ride position pretty well for this configuration. Learning curve not hampered by the bars. And two uber short...

How did you.... Steve, How did you round the top out? Did you just eye ball it and do it by hand on a grinder? The CNC guys are stumped on how they might machine that part of it. -bob

Made up numbers Rich, yeah those numbers on prices are of course from Bizzaro world; I just did some napkin guesses; and aimed high. Someone like Robert or Nanda could better comment on what prices would sell and at which they could make a living. I was mostly trying to layout a continuity of...

Weather warms the willingness Well we finally had some nice weather today. Got the Ventisit seat pad for Mrs Ratz bike so she was finally ready to ride again. She got a good 40 minutes session in the parking lot in tennis shoes. By the end she was zipping around working on the simple stuff...

Bridging the Gaps Coming back to Rich's first reaction to the Turbo Quest. That is certain a valid seasoned recumbent rider's reaction to dropbars in general. If we jump back to post #30; I set down a caveat for my part of the discussion. "Let's assume the goal is to sell to the those...

Alright now we are talking Congrats Marc on the weather and the ride. Keep the updates coming. The Mrs may consider tonight weather warm enough to try again here as well.

Getting on that horse So Sunday was 63F and all that nasty ice melted. Climbed back on and got 30 miles in out in the country on the milk roads. It was our typical 18mph wind; but it was from the south and warm. So that would qualify as the first real ride. Definitely getting more stable; grip...

yep say those Saw those the day you did it; now I'm seeing them every 2-3 days or so. Unless you are stealth updating them, something is a foot :)

Ok maybe it was ..... We got another foot of snow again. But it was warm and it mostly re-melted in a couple of days. Weather wasn't great so I decided to go do some figure8's and practice my turns. Unfortunately I instead verified what happens when you wash out the rear wheel on ice. So the...

same here That happens every few days to me as well. It appears to be Eric's post with the detailed photos of his Vendetta in the truck, shows as "updated" on my end. Perhaps if he edited it and re-saved it; it would stop doing that.

The missing link..... Well now; that turbo Quest would be a step in the direction of that missing link in the the product line we discussed earlier. I had been thinking the 1.5 need to come back; but an alternative configuration for the quest is a far more intelligent suggestion; especially in...

Good Art is....welll art. SS good points. Yes we could grab some stock photos and mock up colors as a community. But the results would not be that great and they might lead to incorrect conclusions. Experience teaches that quick hacks can be useful at the macro level can be a bit of a trap...

Using a Mac? Charles are you using a Mac? Been having the problem myself. Usually wait 3 minutes; click edit; if editing window doesn't appear; resize the edit box. If it still doesn't appear; then SHIFT-RELOAD the page and it usually comes up. 1 out of 10 times I have to quit the browser as...