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Being in California, I cannot help you with a test ride, but I will add my testimonial: a stiff lower back sidelined me from riding a DF bike. I took a desperate, blind faith flyer on a new Vendetta six years ago, knowing almost nothing about recumbents (except that my brother called them...

My V20 and S30 work just fine on my Wahoo Snap wheel-on trainer. They worked equally well on my Kurt Kinetic dumb trainer before that, which I used for years. I would move to a wheel-off trainer if I lived where my bike was going to stay there for months at a stretch. But I don't, so it's...

I've never tried the bullhorn style, but here is my setup, for what it's worth. The bars are Genetic Digest flared drop bars, 44cm wide (they come in a 48cm version too). I love them and have them on three CBs. The hand position feels natural, I have no shifting issues, and they are aero...

Tuloose's comments about the Zefal Spy mirrors made me laugh out loud, especially, "They do not scratch unless you try to scratch them." I have them on three CBs and they work just fine. I wrap my bars a few inches past the brake hoods and mount the mirrors over that part of the wrap. They...

If I need to keep the rear wheel on the bike, I can raise the stand high enough to bring the wheel off the ground (though I admit that I've never had to do that). I use caliper brakes, and those are easy to adjust side-to-side. If the wheel is out of true, I take it off and put it on the...

I clamp mine by the boom for everything, including working on the back end. If I am working on the rear wheel specifically, I remove the wheel from the frame. If I am working on the rear half of the frame, I remove the rear wheel anyway for better access, and raise the stand until the rear...

I use Crupi Rhythm cranks. They're meant for BMX bikes, but the chainring tabs happen to be machined to work perfectly with a 110bcd double road ring pairing (I use 36 x 50). The spindle is the 24mm Shimano type, reasonably light weight, and not stupid-expensive. They come in all the short...

I know that the wheel-off trainers are all the rage, but I also know myself well enough to know that I don't want to mess with taking my front wheel off every time rain chases me indoors, then putting it back on when the sun returns. If I lived where I knew my V would stay on the trainer for...

Yup. As Doug says. I run 130mm on my S30, and it works perfectly. But so would 135mm.

I started with the V20, then bought a S30, then a S40. I still have and ride them all. The V20 is easily my go-to ride. It is both the fastest and most most comfortable of the three (for me). The S30 is good for the rare group ride and the Winter months, when afternoon light is scarce. I...

I am six years in on the V20 now. Run Shimano Dura Ace 9000, 36-50 up front and 11-28 in the rear, with rim brakes, and I climb a lot. This bike is so fast that I spin out the 50X11 often, even on the flats with a tail wind. I look forward to eventually going 50x10, maybe even 52x10 12 speed...

Consider how much climbing you do as well. I'm 5'5" and ran 170mm cranks on a DF bike. I run 160mm cranks on my Cruzbikes, and feel that that gives me the balance between flat-land speed and climbing torque. I tried 155mm for a while on my V20, but returned to 160mm and have stayed there. I...

I own and ride both a V20 and S30, each with nearly identical components and wheels. The S30 is a little heavier and "feels" a little slower. But when I end my rides, average speeds on both bikes are nearly identical. The S30 "feels" slower because my head is a little higher off the road, so...

You will most likely want to swap in the longer chainstay (contact CB). At 5'5", I have the opposite fit issue, and replacing the standard medium chainstay with the short one made all the difference.

All of the high-end travel frames with couplers that I've seen pictures of have been either steel or titanium. I wonder if aluminum is somehow poorly suited to that application.

I don't know if you are shopping for lights, but I went with Magicshine because they offer a handlebar remote control (which seems kind of silly for DF bikes, but for the V, it's great). I can mount the light up front, but can control it from the cockpit, without having to stop.

Hi Benphyr. You make a good point. They are short screws, and the chances of me taking a front-header are comparatively low (we're more likely to slide out on our sides), but still, good point. I would think Velcro or glue would work as well. They'd at least be worth trying.

I have both a Vendetta and an S30 (the one with rear suspension, but no front suspension). The V is not that much rougher than the S30.

Eh, they're all different. Some are "too pro to wave," while others are super friendly. All I know is that I'm having too much fun on my V to feel snubbed by those who take themselves so seriously.

I have been using the Lazer o2 for years now because it has its adjuster knob on top, rather than in the back. I also trim away the lowest part of the retention band in the back. In the photo you can see where I did my trimming. That makes it so there is no contact between the lowest edge of...