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The build process has The build process has started. Sort-of. There was one thing of which I just had to make sure, right at the start. I just got the front fork and put the Rohloff wheel in. Very glad to say it fits easily. Very slight stretch, hardly noticeable. Mr Burton was right. I...

I reckon I could do the I reckon I could do the middle one on my Grasshopper. 10 years and probably 20000 miles, and I am totally stable. Probably take that long to get as stable as that on the Silvio. But my Grasshopper really hates slippery surfaces. Would the Silvio be any better...

Got it! Winter here in London is nasty weather so I will be assembling it slowly. Also, I will be probably doing it wrong and taking it apart again. Anyway happy Christmas everyone.

Still waiting for my Silvio Still waiting for my Silvio frame. I have had all the components in the shed for ages, but when I got the email saying it was shipping I ordered tyres and innertubes. Went to put them on the wheels. I am going out to get the rim-tape. When the frame...

just got a email saying my just got a email saying my Silvio frame is on its way

The journey to where I used The journey to where I used to work was all up and down. I got my Grasshopper to 37.8 mph on the way down. I was overtaking cars. These idiots don't realise how fast a bicycle can go, and pull out. I don't want to slow down. Going up was a slog. I was chased by...

I think counterpoint is I think counterpoint is right. I have some champagne waiting for my Silvio. When I am on my conversion, having the bike bend in the middle is a really weird sensation. I keep trying to tell myself it is a unicycle with a trailer.

Your pix are sick!  How does Your pix are sick! How does Ivan feel now?

This is all so This is all so encouraging! Larry feels committed to his wheel, and I do to mine. Rohloff is not cheap! So you want me to try to face the Rohloff now? In conclusion I have only one thing to say: AAAAARRGH!

Well, someone's got to do it, Well, someone's got to do it, so it might as well be me. I have left the Schmidt dynamo and the Rohloff with the LBS, who said they might be able to do it. On the mention of facing, they all made terrible faces and said they don't do it. I guess I might find...

I think Doug Burton has a 135 I think Doug Burton has a 135 hub in a Silvio 2. I don't fancy bending it. Can I face it, I mean can I face facing it? I will ask the LBS about facing it. If I try to file it, it probably will end up all gouged and not flat. It needs to be flat.

I ordered only the frame, but I got the bits in anticipation. Schmidt dynamo, Hope disk brakes, Rohloff, which I am told fits in the forks. I hope it all fits together. I don't know which hoops to get, so I am going to ask the LBS and ask them to build the wheels. I have Rohloff on my...

Ivan is making me cry. For my Ivan is making me cry. For my Grasshopper I got bags from Hpvelotechnik, which are re-branded Radical. I like them. Also, I do not like them. I like them because I do not like all the extra pockets and zipped compartments that some bags have. I like...

You can't pedal-steer unless You can't pedal-steer unless you are pedaling. On my conversion-kit I am fighting the handlebars less than I used to. Unless I am coasting downhill. I go downhill slowly. I get the most pedal-steering control in the power-stroke part of the pedaling arc. I have...

So many minutely different So many minutely different designs of mountain-bike. I had to use home-made wooden spacers to make my conversion-kit work. I turned the handlebar stem forwards and backwards, and the bars up and down, innumerable times. I made it work by fitting a sloping handlebar...

Ear-bleedingly cool.  People Ear-bleedingly cool. People tell me the Grasshopper has style, but I bow to the master. Gonna try that with my conversion-kit. Wonder if there is an idea for a stand in there?

I went over a speed bump and I went over a speed bump and I think both wheels left the ground. A bit scary doing free-style on a Grasshopper.

I use heel-clips home-made I use heel-clips home-made from toe-clips, and heel-slings. I don't fancy wearing cleats and shoes and falling over. Ivan, you got honked for asserting your rights as a road-user. When this happens to me, if I am in front of the honker, I go really slowly and...

At about 1min 40 the camera At about 1min 40 the camera overtakes the bike. The rider doesn't seem to have any problem with the forks.

I agree with Collwyn.  Abus I agree with Collwyn. Abus is good.