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Nice ride report, great Subject line too! :D My name is Steve, and I Approve This Message. :lol:

Yeah, passing people uphill is fun, but there is always someone who's faster than you. Like the young guy I passed going uphill last Spring on a long, gentle uphill. He was patching the tube in his rear tire and refused my help, with a smile and a nod of his head. (It's easy to pass someone...

On one of my rides last week, I caught up to a pair of very fit DF bike riders after a three-mile chase. The rider with the limber neck kept an eye on my progress, looking over her shoulder now and then. They were averaging 20MPH -Which is a fast average on this stretch of country lane, for a DF...

The Inter-Web is a gold mine of information, but first you need to learn what to search for, right? Here's a pretty good place to start: http://sheldonbrown.com/home.html You're welcome. ;) -Steve

That's what dogs are for. ;) Have another cookie, Mr. B., then go for a ride! :lol: -Steve

Is this an age thing? -you asked. Yes and no. Yes, because muscles age and, if you are honest (and actually remember well enough) you'll see that you've slowed down, compared to your younger self. Yes, because my brother in law, a life-long club-level road biker is experiencing the same thing...

I'd carve a wooden adapter/spacer out of boxwood. Or maple: I'm used to maple. Anyway, that way the steel seat bracket would be seated perfectly in the wood and, the frame tube would be solidly socketed in the wood. But that's just me. An easier solution would be to 'bed' the steel seat...

Absotively. :roll: I just love this thread. Whoever came up with the subject line ("Mark B is an idiot") is a genius! ;) -Steve

Girls ride recumbents...? :twisted: Seriously, cool story. :D I got tired of trying different adhesives on the seat trim, and having those adhesives fail. So, I drilled a few holes in the seat pan, adjacent to the problem trim, and lashed the trim to the seat pan. Problem solved. The trim...

These Cruzbikes are, 'too kool for school' aren't they! ;) Say, you know Mark, I had a thought... you bagged your first Silvio, right? Bag four more and you're an Ace! :twisted: -Steve

Aw, gee, and here I was expecting to read about dogs.... :? Sounds like you had a great time! :D -Steve

Great stuff, Rick! Keep it up.... :D -Steve

Of course you feel stupid, Mark: you're human. Seriously, well... more seriouser anyway, I second what 'Hardtailcruiser' said. By the way, check out the T-shirt he's wearing in his icon: coincidence?! -Steve

Jon is onto something! From what you describe, it seems like your "brake" problem is really a clearance problem between your front tyre and the top of your front fork. Your fork is the motorcycle-type, correct? Headstock, triple-trees, down tubes and fork sliders, right? If possible, stiffen...

Very cool, Rick. ;) This is the future of my bike as well. 8-) Hey, is there any chance that this thread can be pinned? It's kind of important, you know? :!: -Steve

I think people, who talk about sitting up forward and off of the back rest, do this to make more power for sprints and uphill work. I also think that they have many more miles of experience, on conventional diamond frame bicycles, than I do. I make more power when I lean hard into the back rest...

Peder Torgersen, a regular poster here, has a Sofrider and uses his Streamer fairing on it in the winter and on longer rainy club rides. He also uses his Streamer on another one of his recumbents. ;) The front-end geometry of the Silvio is not all that different from other recumbents... I have...

You were smiling. Having fun in public. In America. On film (film-like media, at any rate). To top it off, you shared your fun with us! Shameless.... :D -Steve

Swimming. (In man-made predator-free facilities!) -Steve

Beautiful. Just like my memories of the Coastal Highway (1) in California...only different.