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The front brake didn't fail until I got home. Lucky. I injected some more fluid and it all poured out all over the place. I have ordered some more fluid and I await its arrival. I think the rubber washer is disintegrating. I have another. That's it so far. Hydraulic brakes are brilliant...

If Mr Oslund had a bike with square wheels he would fall off and injure himself.

Website is something else

What? Bladder headrest? I think you are confusing me with someone else. Or just confusing me.

Your bikes look as if you ain't never rode 'em. You both do more mileage than me, and my poor Silvio looks as if it went under a lorry and fell in the lake.

Would mudguards get in the way? Downhill mountain-type wide rims - would they fit in? Would 20-inch wheels be too small?

"Ith it thafe?" is what the DF people always ask. Then they say "I went over the top and lotht my front teeth" Falling off a bent is better than falling off a DF.

It is good if you stop the bike before you get off. That is the usual way to do it.

I saw a bloke in London with one of these. His two-year old son was in there, fast asleep.

Don't try no-hands until you get your armour.

Ivan returns! And no, swearing is not ******* optional

A bit better. I think New bars cost 15 British pounds. Cheap enough for experiment. I sawed the ends off. I can't stop using that hacksaw. I reversed the bars, and then the brake levers would not fit, so I had the bright idea of swapping the levers round. This meant I had to swap the...

People are always talking about bike racers being drugged up to the eyeballs. It is the only way they can catch Maria Parker, Oslund, Weissert et al

I have Vittoria Open Pave 27-622. These are great, even though they are supposed to be too narrow for my wheels. I always have Conti on my Grasshopper. They seem fast and incredibly tough. They seem to be made of a hard compound. The disadvantage is that they are almost impossible to get on...

Stock bars. Almost comfortable. I am still working on this. I might rotate the bars and male the ends more vertical, or get ones like ReklinedRider has. I don't think the stock bars are that great.

Rear mudguard just seemed to do that. I hate mudguards, but I hate not having them. They are an utter torment, but the alternative is to coat myself and the bike in muck, so much so that the bike doubles its weight. Here in dear old Blighty, in winter, you ride for 10 minutes and come back...

Do not know if these images are useful. Maybe you can see that the boom or steerer look unusually short, compared to all the other millions of Silvios everywhere. I reversed the handlebars. In the normal position, the bar-ends are forward of the clamp. When I moved the clamp forward, I could...

Does my boom look big in this?

I did it. I cut the boom. I was thinking about this for a long time. I ride on my insteps rather than the balls of my feet, which means my in-seam is effectively short. I have been riding the Grasshopper like this for years, and on that bike I have the boom as far in as possible. On the...

Exactly my experience.  In Exactly my experience. In the early days, starting from a dead stop was usually a traumatic experience. I would usually harangue the bike at length, telling it it was going in the skip, and pointing out the merits of the Grasshopper, and raining curses on John...