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The wider the handlebar grips, the less I feel the nose dive effect from the heavy front end, and the easier I can hold a straight glide path. With this greater leverage, I find I can relax my arm muscles, and the Cruzbike conversion feels more like a normal bike, with all the seat comfort...

Handlebars set wide for maximum control of heavy front. Thanks for the input Charles, I watched your suggestions, and also discovered many posts around the topic of widened handlebars. Doug Burton once as much as said, that only bar width gives leverage, and not mounting bars in front if...

Handlebars set for comfort - but poor leverage against front As seen in cockpit photo below, gripping those rising bar ends like a steering wheel, while either bracing or resting forearms on the brake grips -- this is quite comfortable for straightaways. And it also helps to stabilize glide...

What's needed here is a better tiller! Tell me if I'm wong, but while my first impressions are still fresh, will you permit me to suggest... This bike is quite dangerous in the period (or beyond) when riders are yet unaccustomed to the difficulty of straightening a crooked glide path, on...

Using a 14-34T Super Low "MegaRange" on a heavy 24D Townie I agree with you Charles -- I expect I'll need to fit the same gearing to 'CruzinSusan' -- either that or an eMotor. Sometimes hauling 50 pounds of groceries, up hills, I depend on the "Super Low" 1st gear. And from what you all...

Front derailleur doesn't mount on TFT Shemano's front derailleur wrap-around clamp expects a 31.5mm OD tube, but Telescoping Front Tube is 35mm. I'm surprised a forum search didn't pop many other non-mechanics posts on this. Does anyone know a simple work-around, before shopping for...

SEAT MOUNT AS DESIGNED Yes, thank you John, I'll try it. It's helpful to know your intent for that mount. I saw it mentioned in the instructions, but guessed the strongly rising top tube on this Columba could use the backward compensation, ...didn't consider the rump's potential forward drift.

Seat back install phase on Columba Again, all this custom stuff is to preserve Columba's foldability, and not reject it because of its high top tube and 26" wheels.

Seat pan install phase on Columba Found a 20-50 year old saddle - it looked like an old piece of furniture -- or was designed like an old car seat -- but it is cushy and has a metal base, easily bolted to the Cruz mount. Then I added a firm gel cover. ('Course, I'll only know it this is a...

Top tube too high Ooops - the flat foot problem!! After reading all detailed measurements in this post ..., I tested just the seat assembly to see how bike would feel, stopped at a traffic light. The crucial measurements are from seat post to near edge of seat bottom, (5.5" for perhaps a...

Thanks for response guys... I've ordered convert kit, and will post my progress.

Bike has 26" tires, so its lowest crossbar height is 26". I've already ordered "Ape Hanger" handle bars for it. Also, it has a 7/8" stem, if that's the thing that holds the handlebar. But I don't understand from John Tolhurst's notes, terse item #5 on "Choosing a y-frame bike for...