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I regretted it immediately! "What is that lump poking me in the back? This is not right!" If it hadn't come all the way from Poland by parcel post I would have returned it. But I rode it for a while and totally learned to love it. Now 3 years in. Fixed my recumbutt, that's for sure. Just makes...

Good advice @benphyr . Yup, those slots are designed so that when the clamp opening and the slot are aligned the outer tube can actually narrow, and thereby grip the inner. Worth checking. Once that is dialed in, then a tiny bit of grease keeps the metals from bonding and allows adjustment...

Rear or front wheel or both? It's really easy to skid the rear wheel on my various Qs (Spyre TRPs). They're useful if you need to stop while going uphill ;-). Well, they're ok for bleeding off speed in some situations if used very delicately. But downhill, with the already heavy front end, the...

I'll add my welcome. Couple of comments: Get a Thor seat, especially if you have back problems. The lumbar support is really an upgrade. Well worth the US$175 it costs. I bought my first CB (Q2 in 2010) without knowing anything about the learning curve. It had the other stuff I wanted in a...

Yeah, traction is an issue on a steep climb. When you're tilted back, the weight shifts to the rear wheel (which is doing nothing except holding your butt off the ground). The front wheel becomes unweighted. You lose traction and the front wheel can spin on a steep hill. Then you're walking...

Yup, we all did this. I was able to stay upright right away, but feeling like I had solid control of the bike took weeks. Good advice to hold the handlebars as lightly as you can ... but only to learn control. After that, you'll find that the ability to pull back hard on the bars is what...

very vivid image! Love it!

Yup. Spokes can infuriatingly produce creaking sounds that can appear to come from anywhere on the bike. Always check then first because: - It's easy to do (per @bret above) - It's simple and cheap to fix I just like to slowly spin the wheel and wiggle each one. Is it rubbing kind of loosely...

Agree with all above about spinning in low gear, no mashing. Totally. As @LarryOz says, one advantage of the Q in your situation - especially since you're not focused on speed (nor am I) - is its adjustability compared to the other models. I suspect you'll be exploring and tuning the...

As @castlerobber says above, every couple of years we beat this topic to pieces. There are several multipage threads going back more than a decade (some linked above by me). The whole thing is complicated by the availability (or not) of the right holes to fit your spider, given that most...

Glad to hear this, and I agree that rear wheel edrive is the way to go on an MBB bike (because starting on a hill loses front wheel traction, whether human or motor powered). But I'm confused about pedal assist: doesn't that imply that the motor is working on the front wheel?

Also see page 3 of https://forum.cruzbike.com/threads/q-ring-upgrade-ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.7784/page-3 And maybe elsewhere in that thread, and google site:https://forum.cruzbike.com/ qrings tolhurst

See the discussion at the thread below from 2008, especially John Tolhurst's comment on the first page. (For those who don't know, Tolhurst designed the early Cruzbikes, and was like god around here. The Parkers bought him out around 2015). https://forum.cruzbike.com/threads/qrings.1781 The...

If you look inside the stock seat pad, you'll see one stiffer gray pad and a softer black one. You can try reversing them, switching then for some other material like @2018CruzbikeQ45 did. Etc.

PVC pipe is wonderful stuff. It's cheap, available in many sizes, but most of all it softens and bends easily at about 180F. So you can hold it in boiling water and shape it by hand. That's how I made my rack above. If the bend is tight it will distort the pipe, but if done carefully you can...

I think you should try this, but ... - The supposed point of the negative chamber is to reduce rebound. As I understand it, the negative chamber does nothing else. So zero pressure there should only disable this function. I think ... If that is correct, then the two functions are effectively...

Lots of good advice above. Especially: - MP is always main, NP is always negative. Doesn't matter which orientation the thing is. Do NOT lose track of those caps! I remove a cap, pump it up, replace the cap, then pump the other. But actually you can recognize which is which by the shape. Take a...

I have several times done this with a smallish folding upright (Dahon with 20" wheels). Took off the pedals, folded it, ran a roll of plastic around it a few times (couple of foam pieces in strategic places), checked it. I left the seat sticking up which made a good handhold. If it's under 50lb...

One thing for those of us who are not @Robert Holler ... take a lotta photos as you take things apart ... it'll help a lot when you go to put it back together. What seems obvious as it comes apart might not be so clear when you're sitting there wondering which way that cable went and so on...

Check my post "minimalist rack for Q45" https://forum.cruzbike.com/threads/minimalist-rack-for-q45.13703/#post-165917 I use it regularly for shopping trips, holds a lot, and pretty much completely disappears when not in use. Also it stays dry behind the seat, an important consideration here in...