Hi: I've been going through the FWD SWB learning curve trying to design and build a FWD SWB lowracer that meets the following criteria: 1. Low bottom bracket (so nose of fairing will be low) 2. Good turning radius 3. Solid handling at high speeds 4. gears, chain, etc does NOT interfere with leg movement 5. crank does not interfere with front wheel 6. Efficient drive mechanism It's NOT EASY! SO far, I have a FWD lowracer that score sort of OK on most of these design points, but as far as I see it, the Python would score 100% on ALL of these items. http://www.adventuresofgreg.com/hpvlog/photos/DSC01616.JPG Unfortunately, an initial version of my bike was a pivot bike and I found it almost impossible to ride! Can you offer some comment on the learning curve for center pivot lowracers such as Python? Thanks, Greg K ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org Listmaster: Juergen Mages jmages@xxxxxx ============================================================