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I have been planning and training myself up for my 40th birthday present - a 100 miles/170km a day solo ride over 6 consecutive days from Singapore - Malaysia - Thailand on my Silvio 2. I have never done anything like this before. I've been increasing mileage, dropping weight, aware of muscle...

I finally got my Mobius ActionCam hooked up again with an external battery pack. On my commute, I hit a patch of heavy traffic that allowed me to lane split safely. When I was first contemplating a Silvio, I had wondered whether I could be as nimble as when commuting on my DF road bike. Well...

I'm thinking of routing some wires and possibly my batteries into my frame, and routing wires through the boom and the frame. Do you think it is safe to drill in the location shown below? Also, can I seek advice on technique from you frequent Di2 drillers. I have a Dremel but no...

Here's a ride report documented by my under seat camera, the Mobius ActionCam. I had thought of this mounting location but only recently attempted it after being spurred on by Rick's similar mounting in his video ()! Mine is stuck on using the inexpensive Mobius helmet mount which works...

Decked out with flags, a small group of recumbents gathered in the city for a "parade ride." Very rare to see 'bents in Singapore and here was a gaggle of them! We all mounted Singapore flags as today is our young nation's 49th birthday. At least 4 Performer bents, 2 Catrikes, 2...

For those of without American garages or the expanses of African space, we make do squeezing our precious bicycles into our space efficient apartments. Not only does this limit the number of steeds we can own in the likes of Singapore, Hong Kong or Japan, we try and find ways of storing our...

I chanced upon an eBay listing for short-crank arms and managed to pick up these! A bonus, since they were SRAM Force crank arms shortened to 150mm, so matched the rest of my groupset. I have been very curious about how short cranks would suit me as I figure (a) I would like less "flailing" of...

I am looking for some comments here... My front wheel got caught in a groove so I had a very low speed fall. My left crank became loose and I discovered stripped threads in my crank spindle, which on my SRAM Force GXP is on the expensive right crankset. I am using a SRAM Team BB (GXP). As I was...

Alpkit Airlok XTra Hmm...these dry bags are cheap and easily available. They are unusual cos they are flatter rather than cylindrical which is good for clearing SIlvio's rear tyre. Further, they come with attachment points so strapping to the headrest would be easy. Not for daily use, but for a...

I am pleased! After 8 months with Silvio I suddenly noticed I felt smoother and faster. I tried some bridging and managed to eke out a bit more speed on climbs. Then I tried practicing no hands riding when there were no cars behind me... Yippee! I managed 100 metres a few times with no...

Hey guys, where has Lisa / thebean gone to? She was so excited about Silvio 2, worried about the seat angle, but last I remember she was going to test ride one... Lisa where are you and what are you up to?

My Silvio did her first century (160km) yesterday, and it was my first solo-century too as it was a training ride for a separate group event one week from now where I will do 200km. The event will be in the mid-day tropical sun, so I did my own century in this heat too. Acck... went up to 38 C...

I am testing out having a camera on full-time on my commutes to assist in any post-incident follow up. It's also fun! After some research I decided on the relatively inexpensive Mobius ActionCam as I wasn't going to spend on a GoPro or similar. Superb video on this slow dawn ride on my Silvio 2...

I commute to work on Silvio and in the office stand her vertically with handlebars on my table to save space. After months of balancing her on a few books to hold the handlebars just right, I cut and glued this small wood stand together. Certainly not a work stand, but perhaps this simple idea...

Now if only we had something like this to clip on the headrest of Silvio and Vendetta and it didn't cost 700 euro! http://www.troytec.de/CMS/Zubehoer/AIR-BOX-10,176,0,4.html

I am having a problem with my front shock pump. I went to use it to top up my pressure as the last time I used it was over a month ago. However the nozzle end seemed to be stuck. It was very difficult turning the black end to extend the part that fits onto the tire valve. When I finally got it...

My normal commute is 55km round trip which I do 3-4 times a week, but sometimes I also plot longer routes when I can. On a DF my enjoyment is limited by body pains which start coming on at the 2 hour mark. I still enjoyed the longer rides, but less so due to having to mitigate the pain. This...

I am trying to install these low profile fenders but without success. One challenge is the typical mounting point on the fork/chainstay is where the disc brake tabs are. I lengthened one of the slots on the fenders so that the fender can be in the 5mm range of the tyre that is recommended...

I tried loading up Silvio with some panniers to test a touring configuration. I have never done multi-day touring before and never even used panniers before so this is new ground for me, hoping to do a solo credit-card tour one day... Pictured below are my Silvio with "Phil and Teds" panniers...

Heh heh...trying out ways to park Silvio next to my desk, or sort of on my desk! She is very stable with handlebars on an old keyboard stand, and is quite stable just with handlebars on the desk. It's a squeeze with DF alongside!