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What Henri said. You are on the learning curve, and it is real. It varies in steepness and length from rider to rider, but the main...

So glad you felt the need to tighten handlebar clamps to 10nm as well. Went out and rode bike for a few miles. Got everything super...

Glad the go-for-a-ride tubeless tire setup suggestion helped. Setting up hydraulic brakes is often a fiddly business, especially if...

Last Saturday the 2025 Brevet season started for me with a very easy 200 km starting at the border between Germany and the Netherlands...

A quick report. Paname is slang for Paris so this was indeed a loop from Paris to the Vexin Regional Park, a hilly area in the...

That looks like the last of the Vendetta V.2, right before it became the V20 with the red frame and revised front end. My first...

Everyone's experience will be unique to them. However... I too am 5'3" and have ridden a V20/V20c for nine years, an S30 for six...

It depends a little bit on what brand of sealant you use. I use regular Stans, which basically evaporates over time. I don't clean it...

Two boxes checked off for the S40. A couple of local climbs which are fairly tough but short that I’ve used for measuring progress...

That's pretty much how I do it. Use a compressor to seat the bead (pop-pop-pop), add sealant through the valve stem, re-inflate, go for...

I've had one contact. We are setting up a time for a test ride.

been following the torque settings on everything while watching Robert Holler build one on the resources tab. This is exactly why i...

Yikes! Sorry to hear about your tire explosion. My experience with mounting tubeless tires and adding sealant is that it takes a ride...

My description is purely anecdotal. I struggle to understand why I've noticed different patterns with the various CB models I've owned...

There are several variables when it comes to climbing with Cruzbikes, some related to the bike, some to the rider. I climb a fair...