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Shake, rattle and roll. I can feel the bumps. Even though it has springs. Broke a spoke. First one ever. Was that because of the increased impact? Steering has gone a bit weird, and I do not trust the grip. Do not use Tannus unless you are really really definitely scared of the puncture...

And your knees.

Australia is a mad place. Murray-Darling has dried up and what about Drownsville?

Old tyres - been there, done that. Both mine blew up at once at 27mph. I lost some skin. Lesson learned. Olecranon - been there, done that. I broke my right one. My fault entirely. I ran my Grasshopper into the side of a car at 30mph. Her wing-mirror was destroyed. Chainwheel snapped in...

My Silvio has 1x11 and a home-made bar-end friction shifter.

Panaracer does 406 and 451

If I was a manufacturer of accessories I would 3D print a clip-on plastic fairing for the chainring.

What is the handling like? Assuming all that cold air has gone back to the pole. You are going to need treads and mudguards when all that snow melts.

I agree with paco1961. Short cranks, and lengthen the boom. Easy to do. And it improves the steering. On a lighter note, I agree with Balor. Sick, sick universe. The only sane response is to go mad. So I am the owner of two recumbent bicycles. But for some reason cycling does cheer me...

I am glad you liked that post. After I posted it I thought you might be offended. My misplaced irony will be my downfall. Your condition sounds bloody awful. Does it come on suddenly, without warning?

I stand corrected. The space inside that fairing looks bigger than the Silvio's underseat bag. But I can imagine myself spending ages trying to cram stuff into the pointy end.

Commuter and tourer? At least there is a built-in front mudguard, but how would you fit a back one? Lights? Rack? Will it crack if you drill holes in it?

I am not drunk. Honest.

I have COPD and I have two recumbent bikes, so all this talk of perfusion and metabolic efficiency does nothing to lift my mood. Unscientific, I know, and on that pedalling efficiency test I would obviously be an outlier, but scraping feels more metabolically efficient to me.

That looks like a track bike, not for commuting or touring. How many people on the track have flat pedals and one chainwheel?

Imagine you are riding a scooter. What is the motion of the leg that is propelling you? Imagine a horse pawing the ground. I hope that is not too "Mr Miyagi" for you. My other bike is a Grasshopper.

I have mid-foot placement and heel-clips so my feet stick up above the pedals. Now I know why I am so slow.

Don't talk to me about Ti or Al. My favourite metal is irony.

My Silvio is fine on hard gravel on 23mm tyres. Unless the ascent is too steep, then wheel-spin, but I have learned to cope with a small amount of wheel-spin. As we all must. My Grasshopper made me a bit sybaritic. The Rohloff is a lotus-eater's drivetrain. Then I got N+1 disease. The...

On an M1 the handlebar design is important because of aero and ability to steer. On a FWD MBB there is the added complication of using arm-strength. Some arm-positions are stronger than others.