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I will be setting up my Virb on the Vendetta next week. I can get you #3 and #4. Later in the season I can work on #1 and #2.

I went riding with Abbot, Lief, Tim Turner and Paul a man new to cruzbikes. Paul nearly took off with Lief's Vendetta, he loved it. Here is one of the pictures of him on Lief's Silvio Cruzbike test rides by Duncan Watson, on Flickr Here I am doing the Vendetta bike lift. I always wanted one...

No worries. I freely admit it. I tried to pedal first thing and stopped since that obviously didn't work for me. I followed the script and am doing much better. Of course now I am changing shoes, pedals and seat so I need to make sure to go slowly at first.

I am getting pretty darn tired of my threads on BROL always attracting two or more cruzbike haters. I get that it is a new skill to learn to ride a cruzbike but I am trying to show off how nice my bike is and how happy I am. Not get into yet another darn discussion about how some riders can't...

I do think that a more traditional hard shell seat would be a good thing for any new vendetta designs. I need that curve and lumbar support and that final curve allows for more clearance and things like seat bags.

Eric, Thank you for the measurements. Mine is also 20.25“ or so. My inseam is probably closer to 29“ and my X-Seam is also small. I was surprised that Lief's bike was so long for me that I couldn't even stretch to toe a pedal circle. I am an odd-ball. I am very glad to confirm I have a...

My reflective tape will go on the seat back. I wear reflective leg bands in winter when I am night riding and my jacket is highly reflective.

This is a cell-phone picture from 2009 of my raptobike in a rainy commute. It shows my old lights next to a pickup in the rain. Raptobike - Morning Commute by Duncan Watson, on Flickr My headlight in this shot is brighter though smaller than the headlight next to me. Nowadays I run more...

I did some more learning exercises and riding on my Vixen. Today was a breakthrough. I can do clip-in starts now, I feel in control even when riding up hill and in downhill curves. I took corners at reasonable speeds and just enjoyed myself. I am doing well on hills. I was riding 3-5%...

I did some loose fitting while the bike was still in my stand and I didn't have chain on or brakes wired. Getting off the seat was interesting. But luckily I have a lowracer with a fixed tiller and knew tricks to use. Otherwise I would still be trapped in my garage calling for my wife.

For rear lights I am happy with the current commuter grade AAA driven lights. I supplement them with the various little lights that go on chain stays and the like. I run my lights solid but tend to get half a riding season from the big one and a full season from the little ones. I also run...

Rat, I am focusing on lighting that I can run at low weight for 90 hours. The solution that is on Moose is the Serfas 550. You can read about it on his blog. That is a pretty good solution since you can buy spare battery cores and swap them out on a 1200k brevet. So some of the super bright...

John Dorlan just shared his secret with me. He uses helmet mounts to wrap the wide booms. Since so many of the helmet mounts are strap based things this really opens up some potential.

Bob, I will do that. I like your mirror setup. No need to spoil the air in yet more spots. The next issue for me is where to mount my headlight. I can do a non-optimal handlebar mount but would prefer something on the boom or handlebar boom-sleeve. I believe I have a good bead on the...

John, I am very curious about your bike light mount as I wish to copy it. Can you tell me more about it?

I do the double brake reverse seat scoot to get out. When I didn't have the seat mounted firmly (during fitting) I used MrSteve's method with the hand on middle of seat.

With the rain I took a break early and did some cosmetic work. I installed the bar tape I bought. It is my first time and the cables were a little loose but I think it came out well. Vendetta with bar tape by Duncan Watson, on Flickr Vendetta with bar tape by Duncan Watson, on Flickr You...

I recently went through this thought process myself. Either bike works for brevets assuming you can solve the bag issue (there are multiple solutions). The Silvio makes chipseal nicer the Vendettas has more top end and speed potential. In the end I choose the Vendetta for myself since I am...

I just received notice that my order from Hostel Shoppe has been processed and is awaiting shipment. I have to put in more time tonight on learning to ride. I will likely spend an hour or so on the bike tooling around.

Rick Youngblood really helped me with seat advice and his detailed posts of how he mounted his seat. I am ~26" to the shoulder. Luckily I went through sizing carbon seats before so I know what works. Tim Turner has my old VK2 Medium seat though he may have sold it.