7/7-2005
        - The Dangerous side... 
         
        I  went for a long sunny trip on the new BILLATO   :) 
        Just comming home from a two week vacation - without any biking at all -
        I was very anxious to get out!
        I went over almost ALL the favourite hilltops around the island of Funen
        - and discovered the "dangerous side" of this dream bike ! ! ! 
         
        For almost 5 hours "she" just kept on saying more, more, more... 
         
        I couldn't at all feel the usual tirredness in the back, legs, arms and neck - so I just went on and on... 
        After more than 100k and going over the last and very long hill I was totally out of
        energy! ("gone cold" as we say) 
        The remaining 35k for home was all tinny gears and loads of Coke from gas stations I passed!
        Even traffic bumps recuired downshifting...  
         
        So I have learned a new side of riding a BILLATO: No early warnings! The
        bike is so comfortable that you will not feel tirred untill you realy
        are empty.  
         
        Halfways I did a +100m section of rough coubles (pave!) at high speed (+35k) ! 
        Normally this section is shaking the body and marking you for a few hundred meters afterwards,
        but I felt like I could have done kilometers like that ! 
         
        The bike is so responsive and yet comfortable beyond compare.  
        Looking forward to
        many happy rides in good company... 
        Jan  | 
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