Mallory:

Thanks so much for taking time to reply to my post. My BF, also a bent rider, keeps telling me it will take time on the bike, to be patient. I have lots of patience for many things but I guess it is limited on my Giro. BF made some adjustments to my bike last week (replace the BB - the one we originally used was too short and thus I had a really hard time getting to the small chain ring), adjusted my seat position and adjusted the cables (they had stretched some so the chain was jumping from cog to cog). I took the bike out Sunday and had a great ride. I felt so smooth on the bike and I found myself spinning without a lot of difficulty. My legs, however, started to give out on me but I still had my fastest avg. speed to date. I know my legs are strong on my DF (proved by my avg. speed on Saturday night's ride) and are still growing into recumbent legs on my Giro. I simply told myself Sunday that I had to be patient and to simply enjoy myself on the bike and I did that successfully. I'm simply going to keep pluggin' away at it and I know with time good things will develop. I'm determined to be as fast on my Giro as I am on my DF so like everything else in life I have a lot of hard work ahead of me and I plan to embrace it.

Thanks again for taking time to offer your advice (I appreciate everyone who took time to offer words of encouragment and helpful suggestions). Have a great day!