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Mild-mannered Jason Perez in ordinary clothes disappears into a phone box, from which emerges lycra-clad RojoRacing. Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

Trouble with Pinion or Efneo is that they put weight in the BB, which effects the handling of a Cruzbike. Rohloff is better. He rides a Grasshopper, does he?

That was my situation. With everybody looking at me, and me loudly telling the Silvio it was scrap metal and Tolhurst was some sort of con-artist. Do not know why I persevered. I do not regret it now. Gears are horrible devices for psychological torture, but the only alternative is single...

Well done Jason! Shame you were not first, but at least you beat Baloh. And you beat your brother. I ate a donut in your honour.

On my Silvio I was caught by a torrential downpour. Not long duration, but absolute buckets. When I got home I was almost dry and then I did the "slide and glide" and the whole lot shot out of the headrest holes all over my legs.

You were DRAGGED! Sounds bloody terrifying! The wheel is gone, but the frame and forks survived. Do you call that lucky?

Perez vs the world. Perez is the safe bet there. Over 22mph. If I could do that for 24 minutes it would be an achievement. Good luck Jason, may your tyres remain airtight.

I feel sorry for all those poor sods who lived before the bicycle was invented. No wonder life expectancy was so short before the industrial revolution.

Too many traffic lights around here. I always have my speedo set to show the average speed. All that effort and breathlessness and it creeps up and then decreases again. Anyway, you don't stop, you just get off the bike.

My Silvio has a creaky BB. The amount of creaking fluctuates. Every so often I notice it, then it goes away, then it comes back again.

Awesome indeed. Yay!!! You are almost enough of an inspiration to make me try it myself. I did over 70 once on the Silvio. Those elephants must have needed an enormous crock-pot and an awful lot of Molten.

They used to do the franchise at UCI outdoor events. Until the UCI saw the weird shaped alternative design of their barbecue.

I think there is another reason more important than the stomach.

I realised that this was the only thing I missed after I gave up DF. Silvio brings it back. I still miss it when I ride my Grasshopper. Silvio is a teacher of pedal technique. Try to spread the torque around the arc. Do the "scrape" thing. When on the Grasshopper, for maximum power I push...

I had a conversion-kit with a badly chosen donor. It hated me and wanted to murder me. Right from the start, my Silvio was easier, and it has improved. I used to get a lot of wheel-spin on tarmac. Now I rarely do, and it is never much, and I can finesse my way through it. Do not be daunted...

You need to measure power on a logarithmic scale, like decibels.

I ride a Silvio and a Grasshopper, no problem. Your brain will get bigger and accommodate both riding styles.

Yesterday I passed a whole peloton of DF. There were loads of them. Lucky there were no cars coming, I was on the wrong side of the road for a long time. I was quite pleased, but I was only doing 19mph. Still, I had enough breath in me to see them recede in my mirror. When I first got my...

Donuts.

Lightning Larry goes uphill as fast as I go on the flat. The road was wet, but at least it was smooth. I am confident handling the bike at speed, but I am nervous about hitting a hole. I could do that U-bend easily on my Silvio, and keep my feet on the pedals. Larry needs to try my Silvio...