Hey! And no pictures to share - 3 Vendetta out together on a joyfully ride, I'm so jealous. Great job to Nancy and Doug, "good time to come" indeed.
. We could share a ride? Sounds reasonable to me, eh?
That will come very soon. I'm sure you have read and been schooled about this before. To eliminate the death grip open the hands up a little and use your palms to steer with slight forward pressure.
It is amazing, yes! The Silvio is extremely efficient in this way and even more so for the Vendetta.
My best pictures were the ones that got away.
I'll have a word with them on your behalf Rick. They did buy a camper and know they are at least headed out "west" to visit my Grandma next year (who turns 102 in May) - maybe I can bum a ride with them.Hey Larry? Is there any possibility you could get your folks to move to Northern California, say somewhere near Redding? Then you could visit your folks and make a house call to me
Hey, that might be worth doing on the V2.0... why didn't I think of that?
That was one good film. And I could have chosen the Silvia 18 months ago. Prior to that for about a year I had a Cruzbike convertible kit that I hosted on a mountain bike. Heck that was so slow but great fun. I remember how I fell off it when intimidated by a Chelsea Tractor. LOL; into a ditch as well. I wanted to persevere with it. So dusted myself down and got back on it. The V when built was a lot to swallow. It didn't feel right with pedals so I put clips on. They call it "burning the bridge", quite literally no turning back. Heck I was so intimidated by it. It felt so incredible sliding into it and engaging and then it just wanted to go faster and faster. There is no resistance with the V its acceleration is phenomenal. Then there were rough roads and heavy traffic. The two do not mix so it was a new experience making everything comfortable. Bigger tyres, Nice comfort Ventisit pad and then working on the top speed again by tweaking the aerodynamics. For me its been an incredible enjoyment. Its good to see the both of them with V's otherwise its not really a sociable event.
...and just to put more confusion into the mix - sorry - I would choose my Vendetta over my Silvio. As I've said in the past, I "Blame it on Ratz". For me, I'm more comfortable on my Vendetta than I am on my Silvio, I like the more laid-back stretched-out style, and better efficiency of the V. But keep in mind I have modified seats on both of my Cruzbikes to fit my comfort -->> bad neck and back. I purchased the Silvio first, and just knew it was the only bike for me, was not even interested in looking at the Vendetta or thinking it would be right for me - that's until Bob jumped ship and bought a Vendetta which intrigued me enough to buy one for myself. I've played around with slight seat angles on my V with my seat-mods and found the an angle that I could live with comfortably - it's my neck I need to support to keep from getting sever headaches. My stats will prove what I bike I prefer - V=8265 miles and S=3723. I like to ride fast and I like to ride slow. I'm not like Bob or Larry, I enjoy being out on the road and taking it in, and this can be done in my case on either the V and the S, I just enjoy being on the V more. My V is set up more for day touring than racing, with 28mm S-Ones, seat-mod with rubber seat mounts, ultra wide gearing for hill climbing, etc.
Congrats...let the good times roll!
Are you running housing through the inside of the bike? If so you will probably need a MTB kit to get enough housing. The cable should just reach.
I thought I was the only one to use more than one chain in a waxing rotation. Used to use three chains, but now use just two, as chains are not exactly cheap. I was wondering whether a standard chain would be long enough for a Vendetta. On the QX100, a standard SRAM chain is just long enough.
