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I keep trying to ride with my I keep trying to ride with my fingers spread, but they keep curling round the bars. Hand-ache.

That thread is all about That thread is all about cleats and shoes, which I have always been scared to try. I made heel-clips out of toe-clips. I just transferred them temporarily to my conversion-kit, which seems to reduce pedal-steer. So now, after wondering how to make more...

The steering seems to get The steering seems to get heavier the faster I go. Scary going downhill. Maybe because I have mountain-bike wheels.

The headrest!  I forgot about The headrest! I forgot about that. The bike came with a headrest. One morning at 3 AM I was riding home, completely off my face. I only noticed the headrest was gone the next day. I retraced my wheel-tracks, but never found it. The headrest in the photo...

It is an Australian bike. It is an Australian bike.

Ages ago, on the internet Ages ago, on the internet (forgot the address) I read about this bloke who rode a recumbent with heel-clips. He also put the in-steps of his feet on the pedals. I made myself these clips. I cannot adjust them because they use two pieces of metal which I happened to...

The famous Grasshopper.  I The famous Grasshopper. I have added heel-clips to the pedals.

For nearly 10 years, my only For nearly 10 years, my only bike has been a Grasshopper. This is fitted with Rohloff and hydraulic disk brakes, a combination which I absolutely love. So I got a conversion kit just to test the MBB idea. Back, with regret, to the old fashioned gears and brakes...

Riding it again.  It likes to Riding it again. It likes to go where it likes to go. It got attracted to a wall. I wanted to go into a main road, and the bike decided to go straight out into the middle. After that, I decided to fix the brakes. Its own boss, more cat than dog.

Handling is getting better.  Handling is getting better. Rode it to the LBS and they were really impressed. I even used it to go shopping. Anyway, the front wheel (which used to be the back) was slightly bent when I got it, and I thought it was getting worse. Starting to catch the...

The nearly straight The nearly straight mountain-bike bars have been replaced by old-fashioned bent ones, and the stem is pointing forwards. More comfortable and better handling.

I can go quite a long way.  I can go quite a long way. In a straight line. Get out of the way. With the handlebar stem pointed forward, my knees hit the bars, so I turned the stem backwards. This freed my knees and made the handling a bit easier. However, I broke my elbow a long...

Having legs moving sideways Having legs moving sideways feels really weird

Done it!  Wow, OMFG Done it! Wow, OMFG etc. Gears work. Sort of. All six of them. Went down the street, scooting. Steering seems sort-of stiff, but when I am not riding it the forks turn freely. I even got a foot on the pedal. Turned the cranks half a turn. Progress...

Looks cool.  Real cyclists Looks cool. Real cyclists use mudguards.

That is so cool I am quite That is so cool I am quite overcome. If I did something like that, it would look like it was about to break, and then it would break. I would trust your version, though. It looks as though you know how to do this.

Why does "nearly there" seem Why does "nearly there" seem like an elastic concept? At least the seat and the brakes were no trouble. The drop-outs and the drive wheel were complicated. The bike now has bits of wood as spacers. Somewhere on the site is a conversion kit with a partly...

I think I should have paid I think I should have paid more for a donor. I screwed the crank-puller into the chain-side crank. I screwed in the middle bit. The crank-puller came out of the crank with some metal shavings. Anyway, the bottom bracket axle is wobbling around in the shell...

Ordered the kit and it came really quickly. All the way from Oz. I am in London, by the way. At the same time I ordered the donor from Ebay. Still not come. All the way from Nottingham! I got a Grasshopper 10 years ago and it is my only bike. Its only weakness is lack of speed. When...