My first ride in the Mango was not perfect, but very close. I had to carry extra stuff above and beyond my normal work things. One item was a box. I had intended to use my mountain bike and trailer, but the thought of not riding my Mango to work was eating at me. So I put the box to the left of my seat. I had to sit crooked in the seat and the box rubbed against my left thigh all the way in. Despite this and without any effort, I hit 28 mph in places where I normally only get to 20 mph on my Vision R40 bent with panniers. And even more fun than that is that I was able to coast up hills that I normally pedal up. My route is very rolly polly, so I should be able to cut my commute time way down.

I will start logging my experiences once I get the daily log script figured out.

Until then, enjoy!