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The Vendetta is a great platform for destroying egos. You're gonna love it.

Bacchettas are the recumbent of choice in my neck of the woods. They were all slower than my me-powered Sofrider V1 uphill and they were all faster downhill. The me-powered Vendetta 1.5 left the raciest local Bacchetta CA 2.0 on carbon wheels any time I wanted, uphill, downhill, flat: Did not...

Watching the cruiser get plowed was fun; thanks for sharing!

The V18 adapters look awesome. Sign me up for a pair, please. Why? My Sofrider V1 with the 18 degree seat on it is faster than my Vendetta, on the flat road. Aero is king.

Yes, Captain Dan! Also, the video he made showed lots of pedal steer. More time on the bike he made may have helped; a more road bike style handlebar would also have helped. Those sweet-looking hamster bars were probably not very effective on his FWD MBB home brew. You know, isolating the bike...

Awesome. Literally awesome: Congratulations, each and every one of you!

My personal best speeds happen in the cold months. The air is denser, but the winter wear is more aerodynamic. You know, full finger gloves, arm and leg warmers and my warmest helmet. Why not try a full-face helmet? My cheap BMX helmet is the fastest, most aero thing I wear on my head. It's...

For my suspension/no suspension experiments, I used a 1" hardwood dowel in place of the rear damper. This was surprisingly durable! Naturally, I checked it before every ride and after every ride, since the holes for the mounting bolts were just raw holes drilled through the dowel... but it held...

My new Sofrider was on the road less than a year when I finally figured out why I was going so slow. The spokes in the front wheel were so loose -yet strangely quiet- I could watch the wheel flex and flop in time with the pedals! In the old days, I used to true and tune every moped wheel that...

My preference is for manual friction shifters. The infinite fine tuning is useful. But what I use in the real world is index shifting. The very quick and sure shifts are perfect for speeding up hills. Automatics have always appealed to me as much as they do to Hoyden (not much).

The new tires for the Sofrider arrived yesterday, so I dismounted the worn out front tire with a struggle. I guess the heat and stress from training hard for miles hardened the rubber? Whatever, it needed tire irons and time. Also, the inner tube was stuck inside the tire. I needed to reuse it...

Most of my experience with Cruzbike bikes was on my Sofrider. The Sofrider (discontinued) I have has slick 650 tires, had an 11-36 cassette, has triple chainrings and front and rear suspension. I've lost traction in loose sand, gravel and the worst was a slick patch of wet clay with algae that...

Yeah, the quickest way to pedal uphill on the V, for me, is fully reclined, standing on the pedals, pushing hard and dancing in time with the frame -the frame cancels any pedal steer or, put another way, transforms any pedal steer into useful power. I also sit up to see better at...

Mr. Petrov, Your question about power strokes and how they effect uphill traction is interesting. The biggest factor in your question is where the power is delivered: Front or rear wheel. Bottom bracket height has much more to do with personal preference and aerodynamics than it does with power...

Click on the, "CRUZBIKE" logo above you, in the top-left corner. This will connect to the Cruzbike website. On the bottom of the Cruzbike website is contact information. The T50 frame kit was introduced recently at an industry trade show and it looks good for your needs.

My bars are modeled on the first Vendetta for two reasons: 1.) The most important reason is comfort... for whatever reason, for me, holding the hoods with the arms straight feels awesome. I experimented for months, off and on, to settle on what works for me. 2.) Like the Great and Good Ratz...

Great!! So what about the bolt-on tilting trike? Still happening? Anyone?

Wear your regular wicking bike socks! Your feet will be cooler, the sun won't cook your skin and the straps of your sandals won't chafe.

Truthfully, the V soaks up my wimpy power and converts it into enough speed -so that there's only enough time and breath left for one word, either "WHAT?" Or a sort of all-purpose, "HEY!" The Alien squeeze-toy horn announces my passing presence. It makes a happy, inoffensive squeaky toy sound.

You've said too much: Watch your back....