Well the tuesday rain storm was pretty fun for my commute home and test out the all weatherness I was hoping to get with the giro 26. While I was moving the wind was fine but once I stopped it was a chore to keep upright. Still lots better then my merlin and especially better then my xtracycle in the wind.
 
I was soaked within minutes from above but it was nice having a recumbent with a high bottom bracket to keep my shoes from being soaked like they become on my DF bikes. The extra lighting I have seemed to help and my new mirrors helped keep an eye on traffic moving over well in back of me. The giro even kept upright without much effort when I mistakenly went through the heavy sand on the 121 service road shoulder. Overall a pretty successful ride in the rain but I completly wore out my legs doing it.
 
Here are some pics of my new lights and reflective tape on my bike. I removed the brainbox to let it dry out. FYI: The navaro commuter bags rain cover is completely inneffective with the low rack on the bacchettas.
 

Yeah that recumbent xtracycle is pretty neat. I wonder if you could really haul heavy stuff on it as easily though since in my brief recumbent experience it seems you dont' really have that much leverage over the bike.
Xtracycle home after my old 20+ mile rt commute

Before I had my ikea blue bags a little shopping trip

Towing my wifes back home from work when she was on call and didn't want to use the rack

Actually got my wife to take a ride on the back once but we only went around her parking lot at work.

Love all the reflectors and lights, good looking machine. My Tango is only 18" off the deck, so I have to wait for flood waters to subside during heavy rains. That DF is really cool, I like the whole self sustained ride thing going on there.   I wonder if a disk brake on the front might come in handy with a full load, or do the standard brakes work ok under load?

Went down the WRL trail last night -- here's a bit of destruction resulting from all the water:  The fence beside the golf course, where the path cuts under Greenville....
 

 
 
And here's part of the cleanup crew working on the southeast corner of the lake...