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  1. castlerobber

    Steering damper/stabilizer

    Me neither, LOL. But since I put the Thor seat on my S30, I can finally do no-hands for short distances.
  2. castlerobber

    Green S30??

    Google up "green platform pedals". They come in all sorts of garish...er, I mean, hi-viz shades.
  3. castlerobber

    Thor seat on S30v2 vs. handlebar height

    Still quite pleased with the Thor seat after a couple of months of riding. An unexpected benefit is that I can now ride the S30 no-hands for short distances, which I could never manage with the stock seating position. Have not cut the stem riser any more yet. @ReklinedRider has kindly lent me...
  4. castlerobber

    Some newbie questions.

    I found the dimensions in an old thread and ordered the screws on Amazon. M6 x 25 Yes, once you get everything adjusted to fit and have more experience riding it, that should calm down. I was super tense for several months, but it did go away.
  5. castlerobber

    Some newbie questions.

    The Q451 was intended to be packable into a Samsonite suitcase for travel, hence all the QRs for the shock, seat post, riser, seat, etc. I had fits with the QRs on the pivot clamp rubbing also. Getting rid of them was the first mod I made to the bike--I did the same thing @Postapocalypsia did...
  6. castlerobber

    Considering giving Cruzbike a second chance...

    That sure is a nice picture of the S30! :D @Jesse Groves, that's my S30 in the top photo. I rode my first century on it a year ago with the stock seat/Ventisit pad and suspension neckrest, but never could get it completely dialed in. Did fine until about 75 miles, then it got uncomfortable. I...
  7. castlerobber

    GONE - S30 frameset - $400 - Buffalo Grove, IL

    The Silvio 1.0 and 1.5 were 45 degrees, I believe. The pictured bike looks like a 2.something, with around a 28-degree seat angle.
  8. castlerobber

    S30 suspension

    The air-bag suspension is part of the fork, so the fork would need to be replaced. Cruzbike sold the final iteration of the S30 with an unsuspended fork. I had a Silvio 1.5 (they were dual-suspension) for a couple of years, before buying an S30V2 frameset in 2017. The front suspension on the...
  9. castlerobber

    Looking to test ride a Vendetta in the Seattle Area!

    These guys are in the Seattle area, and I think I see at least one Vendetta in the group photo. SeaBum 2018
  10. castlerobber

    2019 S40 coming soon!

    I bought my first Cruzbike four years ago without ever having seen one, with the lure of a 15% discount. I still have that bike, an ancestor of the Q45, along with an S30 (predecessor to the S40) that I rode my first-ever century on last year. Have you considered going to the Cruzbike retreat...
  11. castlerobber

    Loose Headset

    Another benefit I found from changing to the QX100 fork was increased stability. Riding no-hands got a whole lot easier.
  12. castlerobber

    My first Recumbent, my first week...

    I never liked that single-hand shifter for the DualDrive, and hit my knee on it frequently. I found a set of SRAM trigger shifters specific to the DualDrive, which made it possible to hit both knees :rolleyes:, but I liked them much better. I then put a Bacchetta handlebar on, upside down, and...
  13. castlerobber

    thor seat order response times

    Response time was good when I ordered mine. My e-mail provider rejected emails from thorseat.eu before they ever got to me, so Greg had to use his gmail account for our correspondence. You might check your spam folder, just in case.
  14. castlerobber

    Stock Riser height?

    The stock riser on my Quest (V2, originally 451) is about 10" long. I bought the bike new from Cruzbike in 2014, and the riser is one of the few parts I haven't swapped out. I don't know if the Q559 would have come with a longer riser, since the Q451 was sized to fit in a suitcase for travel, or...
  15. castlerobber

    Dialing in a S30

    If it's the same one I have, it comes with a couple of different tops and adapters.
  16. castlerobber

    Thor seat on S30v2 vs. handlebar height

    I was the first IT person at my current employer, 28 years ago. They had been sharing an HP minicomputer with another company in the building, and had just moved over to their own newly-released AS/400 midrange, model B10. I found out years later that the CEO only thought they'd need me for 6...
  17. castlerobber

    Thor seat on S30v2 vs. handlebar height

    :emoji_joy::emoji_joy: LOL @super slim. No worries, I know you speak Down Under English. :emoji_upside_down: I am a mother; the kids are 21 and 18. I've helped teach children's choirs, mostly 8- and 9-year-olds, at church for 30+ years. So you're right on both counts. Programming an IBM...
  18. castlerobber

    Thor seat on S30v2 vs. handlebar height

    Let's say you shorten the cranks 20 mm. When the pedal is nearest you, it's now 20 mm farther away than it was before, so your knee isn't as bent. When the pedal is farthest away from you, it's 20 mm closer than it was, so your leg won't be as fully extended as it was before. But you need to...
  19. castlerobber

    Thor headrest

    That's why I cobbled one together myself. Most of the neckrests I found online range from $100 to $140--more than I paid for the seat. The Thor neckrest looks very nice, though, and I'm still considering it.
  20. castlerobber

    Thor seat on S30v2 vs. handlebar height

    Very true. I have, and it might. But for me, the advantages of the upside-down position so far outweigh the desire to lower the hands.
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