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Mine It's mine. "Mine." -Steve

A Few More Observations How often do you check your bike? Remember to include the nuts, bolts and bearings of the front end of your bike in your weekly going-over-the-bike check. This is most relevant for bikes equipped with front suspension. If any of the pivoting points develop...

Now For Something Completely Different Think about changing or altering, the way that you apply power. If your pedaling technique is bending or warping parts of the bike, why not consider pedaling in such a way as to minimise bending or warping parts of the frame? If you're warping and...

Try Stuff -one thing at a time. (I used to be an electronics field service engineer: "is it plugged in?") Do you have a different set of pedals? Maybe the cheap platform pedals that come standard? Anyway, find some pedals that fit and try those. You're doing this on the road...

How Do You Do It? Are you guys boasting or lying or what? My hands are solidly attached to my arms. In fact, they grew together that way -and I'm never, ever going to even consider doing anything, let alone ride a bike, with no hands. Geeze. -Steve

How Low? As low as you like, of course. One factor to consider is that your hip/torso angle will open up as you recline. To keep the same angle, you will need to raise the height of your bottom bracket as your seat reclines. Another factor is your handlebar position. Your...

Yes. The reason I purchased my Sofrider, to begin with, was two-fold: -First, upright bikes are much more affordable than are any recumbent model, but I cannot tolerate the seating position. So I needed an expensive recumbent. -Second, I wanted an efficient and well-built bike...

Carbon Fibre Has its Place -but don't discount the beauty, the utility, the performance, the dependability and the affordability of, say, aluminum. Aluminum was once worth more than gold! Now, remember the big flap on this forum about seat adjustability? Here you are, asking for...

Still Love My Bike -Hope you still love designing/building/selling 'em. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL! -Steve

Ditto My experience testing fairings, tail trunks and saddlebags on motorcycles on the road led me to the same conclusions that Robert reached, riding his RWD highracers. Best place for pannier weight is mid-ship, under the seat. We're right; all the rest of y'all are just having...

Tha- That was funny, thanks for sharing. Lemme just add to what Scabinetguy said.... The local, speedy Bachettas are quicker than my hot-rodded Sofrider V1 -on the flats. However, they're totally outclassed uphill. Ian sounds like he's having fun. Good for him...

My Two Cents Silvio sources its carboyokes and air fork from other Taiwan-made bikes, so its suspension, although uniquely mounted on a FWD MBB recumbent, is certainly not unique. The Vendetta, like any other consumer good, is priced for what it's target market will bear. Feel...

The Diff. is in the Seat Look at the seat back profile from between the shoulder blades to the top of the seat back, at the nape of the neck. See how the Zohrer seat has a definite curve in it? The curved top of the seat allows the neck to sit on top of an almost vertical spine...

Head Rests No one's neck is the same as another person's neck. Furthermore, as you age, your neck ages along with you... no surprises so far, right? Most people are either not wrestlers or did not wrestle in their youth: neither did I. But if you're a wrestler, your neck is pretty...

Hi Hi Mark! -Steve

Racking Your Brains -over racks? Ak-tux makes a valid point, a point I'd take to heart! Tuloose also has some valid insights. What's a Silvio 2.0 commuter to do? How about panniers? Side-mounted bags, hanging from either side of the seat would work. Yes, the panniers...

Bicycles? Bicycles have only been around since 1817. That's hardly enough time to sort out all the niggling little details! On the other hand, maximising profit has always been in style. Our fragile, light-weight plastic lights were made to sell. On the other, other hand? It's...

Vibration and Bicycle Lights Since all my rides take place on quiet country roads, I usually can hear things, when they fall off the bike and hit the road. The only thing that I lost permanently was my multi-function bicycle tool, when the velcro closure on it's bag unzipped and I...

Painful Feet? Everyone is different, so no two feet are the same, not even your own two feet! To my eyes, clipless road pedals fall into two basic styles. One style is basically a little puck that clips to the shoe sole and the other is little bit longer & wider, yet smaller than a...

Different Holes -For mounting the the top of the damper to the bike frame will not have any impact on the 'pressure' on the damper. What changing the mounting point/hole in the frame does is change the steering, the rake, trail and head angle of the front end. What do you...