Sorry buddy. I wondered where you went, you have been one of our most enthuisiastic members and I missed seeing Antoine Doinelle (?) every day. I too was diagnosed with epididymitis, but it was an incorrect diagnosis. Then they said I had a varicocele. Then a Dr. said, 'I don't know, a lot of men have pain down there caused by inflamation, take 6 (yes 6) advil a day over two weeks.' It did go away eventually, but still rears its ugly head once in a while. I still have no idea what happened, BUT it all started when I began putting more miles on the fixie. Because of this, and now your story, I think I am giving up the idea of long distance fixed rides (60+) and switching to road. It seems to me that cycling related problems (like numbness which I believe might lead to impotence) could be exasperated by riding fixed. Any thoughts? Also +1 on the recumbent, especially the one where you ride high of the ground--it looks so crazy.