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What is your crank length? Standard length is 170mm, but about 140mm seems fashionable around here. I got 145mm and it improved the steering.

Maybe it depends on which tyres you have. None of my recent pinch flats have caused me to fall off. (The replacements for these ******* Rubino have not been delivered yet.) I used to have Continental Contact on my Grasshopper. They were so stiff, getting them on or off was a terrible fight...

When I ride my Grasshopper and I want maximum power I push my back into the seat. Handlebars are just for steering. This is the wrong thing to do on the Silvio, as I found out. I learned fast to pull on the bars, like on a DF. These days, on the Silvio I use a lot of arm-strength to get...

People think crosswind pushes you sideways. I think that effect is really weak. I think that mostly it has a steering effect on the front wheel.

My German Grasshopper could tackle that.

That is the one. The most important thing, and the most difficult. Easy if you live in the middle of nowhere or you propose to only ride on the track. Then you have time to get your brain ready for it. But in San Diego - stress. I had a lot of that when I started using my Silvio for...

Rear wheel steering would require a linkage. Heavy, complicated and prone to coming loose. Am I right?

I have Mavic A119. If I got new wheels I would need to get rims and have them built because I want to keep my hubs.

You need to fit the seat in a downward tilted position. Then tilt the whole thing back, so the front legs are higher than the back.

I rode over an object in the road. I barely felt it, but I knew it was a pinch even before I felt the tyre deflating. I am getting used to pinch flats. Three pinch flats, and these tyres are 600 miles old. I am chucking these Rubino. They are looking a bit worn already anyway. I am a bit...

I have Tannus on my Grasshopper. The ride feels harsh, and the Grasshopper has springs at both ends. And it has made the bike wobbly. I think that bumps sometimes impart a sideways force on the wheel, causing a steering effect. This force is absorbed by air tyres because they deform. People...

Sorry, that's Russian moles. Reading too much Smiley.

After I crashed I looked along the road, but could not see anything that might have caused it. Those Russian holes are very clever. They do not hang around. They are trained by the FSB.

Terrifying, even reading about it. Did you brake hard? I am always scared of skidding. Did you go onto the wrong side of the road?

Scraping seems to be good for me. Maybe because it makes me apply constant force all round the pedal arc. It might have been me who mentioned jackknifing. I was doing 27mph and both tyres blew up at once and it jackknifed. Everybody is talking about front tyre blowouts, but I had to top...

I think there is something in all this talk about blood and feet being elevated. My power on a 'bent is limited by breathlessness. Actually I hardly ever sprint, because it always nearly kills me. There is a long hill near me, and I can only just reach the top, and my lungs are working to the...

I was talking to this bloke who was sure my bike was not safe. Eventually he told me his front teeth were false due to him going over the bars and eating some street furniture.

Yeah, putting a fairing on that bike makes it look silly.

Whole new thing indeed. For people for whom a recumbent is too normal. Only those who have a normal recumbent realize how weird a Cruzbike is. Only those who have a Cruzbike think a normal recumbent is normal.

The problem is that 'bent riders have different muscles from Trek riders. When Larry first gets on the Trek he will be effectively less fit than he is on the Vendetta. He will have to do a lot of Trekking before he starts getting valid data.