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Very good job! ;) My leather ex-motorcycle winter gauntlets do fine, otherwise I'd be copying you and be building pogies for my bike right now! :) -Steve

You mentioned that, "nothing p!$$@$ them off like smiling and waving, when they expect something different". I paraphrased, but you said something like that. Well. I found a response that sends some borderline personalities off the deep end. (Do not attempt, unless you wish to determine your...

My seat is a few degrees more upright than yours is and, like you, I'm loving the ride. This is my impression after riding in this new position for a while. I'm liking it! But.... The bottom bracket felt too low. Sprinting tended to move my torso up the incline of the seat back. So, naturally...

Good idea...got me thinking... but, no. Thank you, but no. I like wearing my helmet, the real-deal, full-face, chinbar-and-all, helmet. I'd wear it all the time, if it never got warm. Did I ever tell the story (here goes:) of my sister, who hit a dog, went over the handlebars and broke her...

Last Saturday was a beautiful day for a ride and I was anxious to be off. Six feet down the driveway, I finally ran through my mental checklist... the first item on the list, of course, is run through the checklist; the last item on the list is, "go riding"! :oops: ...I applied sunscreen...

Yes, that cam-clamp ...quick-release... whatever, the adjustable TFT must be very secure, very tight. There is some flex in the front (only) triangle, but it's limited to the tubes themselves as the bushings in the articulated triangle are massive overkill. As others have pointed out, it would...

It's funny that Mark mentioned transitioning back to a diamond-frame bike -and those scary first few miles. I test-rode a motorcycle for my brother-in-law last Spring, after having ridden my Cruzbike exclusively for quite a few months. The first few hundred yards on the motorcycle were pretty...

I've read the standard logic, the, "Cool Aid" behind the MBB. Specifically, the theory behind the idea that the climbing prowess of the front-wheel drive MBB Cruzbike is partially attributable to the extra input from the handlebars. I think that's true enough, as far as that goes, but not the...

This thread has the most relevant Subject line, "Commute to Work", for this question: What do you look forward to most, the commute or the work? :twisted: A little background: yesterday, my brother and I had a chat and I asked him the same question. -He commutes by bicycle during the week...

No! You can keep it all for yourself, thank you. Just thought I'd point out the obvious: the word, "snow" has the word, "no" right in the middle. So, no! :) -Steve

Yet Another Not-a-'Mark B.'-Report Hey, riding on Sunday afternoon in this little corner of biking Paradise can be fun! Sure, a redneck in an imported, faded red pickup truck yelled something in my general direction through his half-closed window. Then the traffic light turned red. Then the...

Thanks: today's ride closes out this week's riding and it was uneventful. No bikes to share the road with today, (more's the pity) but I did note the regular bikers' S.U.V.s parked in their regular parking spots. It's been a fun week, for sure, but now I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's...

Re: Not-a-'Mark B.'-Report, Another Installment Yes, uphill is not easy. I dislike the work, going uphill. That's why I like the challenge that other bicyclists pose: it's good motivation for me. You asked the Silvio Question! Of course, I want one. But, I can't afford to buy one, much less...

Not-a-'Mark B.'-Report, Another Installment This week must be the, "Get Spanked by D.F. Riders Week". Let's see, on Monday I could not catch up to one. Well, that's Monday for ya. Good workout though. Tuesday, I was over 20 miles into my 'long' ride (34 miles) and huffing my way up a long...

Oh, well, don't jump to conclusions there. I know, you didn't! Just sayin.' You see, a few years ago now, a crackerjack California S.W.A.T. team stormed into my brother's home. Leveling their automatic weapons at my kid brother's center of mass. They thought they were next door... They thought...

Alright, I have my sliding bevel out, universal angle guide (fancy protractor), plumb bob and bubble level. That and a little time.... :twisted: But first, I rebuilt the rear light that a year's worth of vibration has destroyed. Just like repairing plastic fairings, only different. ;)...

Let that be a lesson. Respect the Law: always look everywhere for the law, before you blow safely through a stop sign. Remember to look up! Those tricky CHPs have both fixed and rotary-wing eyes-in-the-sky! :lol: -Steve

Great revue, fair reporting style and well worth waiting for. -But we all already knew how good the Silvio (and Freerider & Sofrider) really is. :) -Steve

Aha. Thank you, John. I remember chasing chassis squeaks last Summer, concentrating on the seat pan for a day. I replaced those rubber washer/grommets with a custom synthetic rubber gasket I'd cut from a sheet of the stuff. There was some scuffed metal between the bolt-holes, indicating that...

Here's the back story: Last weekend, while staring at my Sofrider V1 and dreaming of fairings, I thought about frontal area. Aha! Something to do... I can reduce frontal area! And I did, by fiddling with the 'seat post' height and the seat back angle, along with the mounting bracket. Doing...