Last Sunday, I rode with the owner of the Shortwin which is on the Classic Lightweights UK site, and as promised in a previous email on the subject, I asked him how it rides. His answer (with a grimace) was that it's harsh and uncomfortable, like many other short wheelbase machines. I still would like one though, and anyway, my rear end has far more natural padding than his...
Neil Foddering
Weymouth, Dorset, England