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You will certainly notice the lack of springs. My Silvio certainly feels more bumpy than my Grasshopper. But then I put Tannus on the Grasshopper, and I was surprised at how much more I felt the road. Tannus transmits the shocks through the shocks, which was a shock. But I think this...

I have 38t ring and 42t cog. I can go slower than 4mph under control, and sometimes do. Those people probably do not have low enough gears, but they are walking at the same speed as I am riding.

I am invlulnerable to most of those. Water in the tyres? My Grasshopper has Tannus. Stone in the pedal? I have heel-clips of my own design, not clipless. Indexing? My Grasshopper has IGH, my Silvio has a friction shifter. Brakes? I have disk brakes. Actually I have total invulnerability...

I took my Silvio to a track event in which, in the end, I could not participate. I had a hatchback with the seats down. I had to take the wheels off the Silvio to get it in. When I got there the front wheel slotted in really easily and I closed the QR. Then I discovered that the derailleur...

You are right. Spoiler-alert: I have a spoiler.

I used to be tempted to really go for it on the steep downhills. These days I do not like to be gasping before I even start a climb. I do not rely on momentum to get me to the top, just low gears. Psychology and optimism do not beat COPD. And I am in no sense a weight-weenie. The...

I sit up on my Silvio. Really helps sometimes. It used to be really awkward, as was getting on and off. I solved this problem. I assume you have racing-bike drop bars on yours. So the drops are way out in front of the clamp. For the drops to be within reach, you have to have the clamp...

Silvio is a nimble bike when I ride it in the traffic and the pedestrian places of inner and outer London. I am never worried about seeing stuff.

So they simulate hills and they simulate Yorkshire which has some very steep bits. I think some people can get 60mph round there, but there are some terrifying corners. Does the Zwift universe predict loss of tyre adhesion and brain you with a dry-stone wall?

Drafting? How?

Spin, no mash, at least when the bike is new to you. You will put less force on the downstroke. Your feet will spend less time in any one place, so the bike will have less time to react. Confuse the bike into submission. Commuting is the way I learnt fast. Traumatic, and I felt like a bit of...

I forgot about this thread. You know you are a Cruzbike forum user when someone does your cross-posting for you.

At least on Zwift the DF people cannot whinge about drafting. It is purely a power contest.

First you have to learn to ride a Cruzbike. It is then that you realise that the headrest is too high or too low or not. Your arms are too straight or too bent. Maybe twiddle the bars round. Maybe not. The BB is too far in. Too far out. Then you get short cranks and the BB game starts...

That sort of thing needs a trigger-warning. I am typing this in a foetal position, making whining noises.

Nor do I. That is why I like my Grasshopper's Rohloff. I do not like Disraeli gears, but if I must have them I will have a single chainwheel because double clangers makes me SICK. Therefore I got XX1 because it was the biggest number of gears I could find. They then invented the 12sp cog. I...

Looks just like me on my Silvio in Barking yesterday. Shame I do not have a Gopro.

Rover Safety was far in advance of its contemporaries. I had a 1950s Claud Butler which thieves took from me. My cousin on her Rover Safety was faster than me. I'm a stinker too. Human-powered vehicles have the advantage of being cheaper and simpler than things with engines.

I dare not take a picture of my shed. You can hardly see the bikes. My excuse is that I have a phobia about developing OCD.

In F1 they want the cars to be identical so it is purely a race between drivers, but still some cars are faster than others. Still the teams are always looking for a new designer who is more clever than everybody else. The secret is to find some improvement that is not such a radical change...