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Is that a Cruzbike one or custom made?

My experience. I berated the bike loudly in the street. I told it it was a waste of aluminium. I called John Tolhurst a shyster and Maria Parker a Russian bot. They are vindicated now. All that "learning curve" business is worth it. Bike is a blast. I just feel sorry for the poor old...

You are right. My mistake. My username is appropriate. Loosen the pivot clamp. That allows you to move the bars and the BB at once without effecting the distance between them. Tighten the pivot clamp amid loosen the boom clamp and move the BB back to where it was. My Silvio was made in...

The virus likes COPD quite a lot. The trouble with my local roads is that there are loads of junctions and traffic lights. If I want to do a (relatively to what I normally do) rando. I do one long loop into the country. I tried going round and round the same roads but it is really annoying...

According to the @velocio diagram, it was the slider that I cut in order to get the bars closer to the BB. Hulk smash, but Bruce Banner uses a hacksaw. If you want to move the BB without moving the bars, I think you have to loosen the boom clamp and keep the pivot clamp tight. It will still...

There seems to be hardly any Rans left. The back half looks like it was stolen from a Rans, but how did you make the front? And yes it does look very clean.

It took me ages and miles to get my Silvio to fit right. I cannot remember how many handlebars I tried and how many times I turned them round or inverted them. That was before I got short cranks. Does the bike feel weird because you are not used to it, or because you have it set up wrong...

Ear-bleedingly cool. USS. Never seen one like that at Critical Mass. Is it made of Schwinns? I think he went very slowly at one point. Good low-speed balance. Shame he did not video himself getting on and off.

My front mudguard is fixed on with fencewire. Goofy enough for you?

That is definitely sphincter speed. Still, it would have taught that bloke a lesson. You open your door - bang! No door.

Do you like bending your wheels? I pedal smoothly these days, so wheel-spin is rare. I handle the bike better these days, so I can cope with it when it happens. It will be like this for you if you ride it enough. I think I am like @paco1961. If my poor damaged lungs do not stop me...

Leave that for the dating-websites.

Who cares about goofy? If you are on a recumbent you do not care about goofy. I care about the bike carrying its own weight in mud. The trouble I had with mudguards! I got a Silvio frame. The wheels I got were 700c. Then I started trying to put mudguards on. If I could have sent a message...

Lockdown is fine by me. Has not affected me one bit. Enjoying it.

I think this one has lockdownitis, doctor.

I do not bother with any protective clothing, but if I did, I think there is more point to skateboarders' elbow pads than a skid lid. If you are serious about going like a guided missile on your TT bike then you would probably be better off with a Vendetta than a Silvio. I have a Silvio and a...

My Grasshopper has Tannus. Pneumatic is definitely a nicer ride, but the one fun thing about Tannus is aiming at a load of broken glass, shouting "Bollocks to the Puncture Fairy!"

It is called a tallbike. I have seen them at London Critical Mass. Someone was doing wheelies on one. You get all sorts at London Critical Mass. You can build them without welding. Fully suspended MTB has its rear triangle bolted on. You get a load of those frames and use the existing...