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I had Greenspeed Scorchers on the front of my old TerraTrike Race. Didn't notice much benefit over the Marathons that came on the trike. Switched to the Schwalbe Trykers when the slicks wore out, but that was just before I discovered Cruzbikes, so I didn't put enough miles on the Trykers to form...

Sometimes things like this come up. Maybe the person never got comfortable with the bike, or got transferred with their job and can't take it along, or got into a financial bind and has to sell quickly. We had a member last year who bought one, thought it was the greatest thing since sliced...

Hills steeper than a 2-3% grade.

Thank you! The 24" wheels suit that frame well. The couple of times I took the Q out as a 507/451, the ride was noticeably smoother. Can't wait to try it out with the current configuration. I think the Kojaks will work well on the paved MUP that passes behind my office. I bought the non-drive...

Got the phone call today that the front wheel was ready. Picked it up on the way home from work, figuring I'd mount the tire, move the disc rotor over from the 451 wheel, and have time for a test ride before dark. Yeah...not so much. :( One of the bolts holding the rotor was Loc'd a little too...

You just described half the state! :p I live about 25 miles east of Jackson, in a town so small they took our traffic light away years ago. It's in the town museum.

I didn't know we had another Cruzbiker in the Magnolia State! North, south, or central?

The 507 rear wheel has been sitting in the corner for nearly three weeks, still waiting for the front wheel to be finished. Last night, I just had to see what it was going to look like on the Q. It's been barely above freezing all day, north wind 15 to 20 mph, snow flurries this morning (a...

That's the one. 125mm. I'd seen it mentioned as giving good results in a couple of older threads on here, such as http://cruzbike.com/forum/threads/quest-on-air.6860/.

Took the Q out for 40 minutes or so yesterday. The stability of the bike is definitely improved with the new shock, as well as how it handles larger bumps. It's way easier to take a hand off the bars without thinking about it. I may finally be ready to try clipless pedals again! It also makes...

After a few rides with the new chainstay, I see a very slight improvement in overall speed, maybe 0.25 mph. I don't climb any better, though. I can still hold 16.6 mph on that same mile-long flat without rain chasing me, so that wasn't a fluke. Tried to set up a segment in Garmin Connect for...

Pat made the trek to Jackson yesterday to meet with ReklinedRider and me. The gray, misty weather of the morning backed off, fortunately, so we had a pleasant couple of hours to chat(ter excitedly) and let Pat get a good look at a Sofrider, Silvio, and Quest. He did some coastdowns on the Q, but...

You do need a certain comfort level with the bike. I tried clipping in too soon on my first Cruzbike, a Q451. Even after several outings, I was still so nervous that I almost dreaded riding, so I went back to pinned MTB pedals and stayed there. OTOH, when I bought a Silvio nearly a year later, I...

Welcome! Are you from Chicago proper, or one of the suburbs? My mother is from Warrenville, and I have cousins scattered around Naperville and Aurora. Kinda glad my folks moved South when I was a child--I can handle the 95 degrees/95% humidity a little better than snow and cold.

The long chainstay is installed. Taking the original chainstay off wasn't hard. Getting the holes in the lower ends of the new stay to line up fully with the holes in the fork assembly, however, required gentle persuasion with a rubber mallet. A new chain was needed to accommodate the longer...

It is a long way. I'm sure there are other CB owners in Louisiana, it's just a matter of finding them.

Google says between 275 and 300 miles, depending on route. But if Pat's willing to drive this far, we could arrange a meeting and let him see all the Cruzbikes. I bought my first Cruzbike without ever having seen one in person. A few months later, I found out that @ReklinedRider lives in the...

I have an acquaintance who may not be using his conversion kit, if you want to try to talk him into selling it. Keith bought it secondhand from someone here in April 2014 to use on a folding bike, but I don't believe he ever completed the build...

I didn't realize how low my feet were on the Q until I'd put several hundred miles in on the Silvio. I'm looking forward to having the higher BB.

I tried for several months to sell my Q451, once my Silvio 1.5 was built up. I was (and am) so tickled with the Silvio, that I didn't think I'd want to ride the Q any more. But deals have repeatedly fallen through, winter has arrived, and the Q is still here. I hopped on it a few times recently...