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This afternoon, after shortening the TFT/boom on my new-to-me Vendetta V1.5, my thighs were starting to make intermittent hard contact with the bars. The bars are already closer to me than I'd like... so I decided to install my shorter cranks. The simple, one hour job took all afternoon. It...

Thank you, everyone. A nice benefit of trainers is that they make adjusting the transmission, brakes and even truing wheels, while under stress, possible.

As a long-time Sofrider V1 owner, let me just say that Mr. Ratz knows what he's talking about. Long ago, I tightened and trued the stock wheels. Then, I ditched the stock Sofrider V1 8-speed single front ring transmission for a nice 24-speed three ring transmission, which still works fine...

Mr. Oslund said a magic word: "Kayak." I used to commute to work in my homebuilt sea kayak. Now, living miles away from water, I'm stuck with pedaling Cruzbikes rather than paddling 'yaks. Poor me. Kayak, Vendetta, private velodrome, what a paradise!

Mr. Trplay, I raided all of the patch kits I could find and found no viable glue in the one tube I found. I'm pretty sure it would work.... The other option I had was the quart can of solvent-based rubber cement that's stored way in the back. It's still good, so, after scuffing the ends of the...

After cutting the inner tube to a length that, when folded up, fit the space nicely, I glued and clamped the ends shut and let the glue cure over night. This morning, I assembled the neck rest and went for a test ride. After readjusting and shimming the neck rest to fit me, I disassembled it...

This inner tube neck rest works for me, but even I know that that's just me. The idea of an air cushion is certainly not new. I'm very sure that there are many, many suitable -well, at least one or two- adjustable air bladders available. There's the bladder in blood pressure cuffs...

If you need a little less vertical rise in your head rest, try adding some padding to the top of your seat. Raising your shoulders will effectively give you a corresponding amount of change in the effective rise of your head rest. This way, you can see exactly how much change you need and go...

...but yours can be at least as good. First, strip your head rest. Next, put your expanded foam neck rest pad away, in a safe place, out of the reach of squirrels, kittens, puppies and small children. You'll need to use your closed-cell foam neck rest pad, an inner tube that holds air...

All dressed up!

That's true....

Could be worse. Could be a motorcycle. . . . Don't ask.

Wait a minute. I forgot that the Vendetta rear derailleur hanger is a mirror-image of what it ought to have been. It took me all morning to realize that the notch on the hanger is facing the wrong way and does not, in fact, support the B-tension adjuster assembly! Yeah, I may be slow... but...

First, learn to start with your bike pointed downhill. Use platform pedals. Got that? Good. Next, learn to start in level paved lots, just like you're doing. Get good at that. Then, learn to start with your bike pointed uphill, a gentle slope. Finally, find a level gravel or sandy road and...

This morning was calm, with just enough of a breeze to lift the wind sock on the model airplane airfield adjacent to the flat road that I use to test my top speed. So the V and I did some pedaling drills on the the flat road. That's pretty much all I did, before the temperature punched through...

Hey, I totally get it. Have fun, fellow beer fan! -Steve

Nice hand rest/control nest. Are those robot legs?

Nope, no hidden electric genies hiding in the frame. Yet. My Sofrider has similar layout to the V. If you compare where the crankshafts are, you'll see that both bikes are pretty similar. Of course, that's what I was going for. If you compare the recline of the seats, you'll see that the...

This V is docile, nimble, comfortable, easy to start and easy to stop. With riding gloves, those bare bars are pretty comfortable. Why bare? It's best to finalise the cockpit first, before taping everything. What surprised me is how comfortable the neck rest is... it's almost as vibration free...

I have good news and bad news, for '1happyreader': The "good" news is, with the stock seat at twenty degrees, it's guaranteed to be all-day comfortable for me. So, it stays stock for about a year. The "bad" news is, a custom seat is inevitable. It will be monocoque, foam/fibreglass...