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Congratulations to all Congratulations to all involved, heroic efforts.

Hal, yes, the extension is Hal, yes, the extension is custom. I could probably get away with the standard 100mm but I was worried about changing the geometry too drastically since I was already pretty comfortable on the bike.

Hal, pedal extenders will Hal, pedal extenders will only work with pedals that have flattened areas for a wrench to bite on the sides of the axle. My Shimano pedals don't have that, they must be tightened with a hex key at the end of the axle, which is blocked by the extender. As an alternative...

Just for fun, a couple of Just for fun, a couple of variations on the tilting, leaning skateboard truck that are sitting around my apartment: Randal on the left and BMW Street Carver on the right. The BMW is really too bulky and heavy to be a very useful skateboard, but it's a cool design...

It says something about It says something about balance in the writeup by Stephen Nurse that Jim links to: And: This sounds like the tilt lock mentioned in the BROL thread. Requiring a lock to hold the bike upright would seem to me to make this an advanced user feature: you would...

Eric, I agree about the Eric, I agree about the aesthetics, but the design Jim and Maria are showing looks a bit simpler (and therefore perhaps a bit lighter/tougher/cheaper) than the one you link to. Plus the funny looking offset gives this benefit (from Jim Parker's blog): What I'm not...

Thank you for designing my beautiful Silvio, John. Best wishes.

In my case I use Adobe In my case I use Adobe Lightroom and set the export file size limit to 300 KB.

Nope. I just tested this to Nope. I just tested this to be sure. A complex enough and high enough quality image, even 800x600, will exceed the allowed file size and be blocked. And a highly compressed image with larger dimensions will be allowed. Just now I could upload a 305 KB JPEG image, but...

Looks amazing Larry. Looks amazing Larry.

Prone is the new recumbent, Prone is the new recumbent, check out my view of the pavement.

I am not a brave man and you I am not a brave man and you won't catch me trying this! I tend to cap my speed at 35 mph. The bike feels stable at that speed but the faster I go, the more vividly I imagine hitting the pavement (or a car pulling out of a side street).

You finally grew your You finally grew your recumbent beard, Rick.

This thread is awesome... but This thread is awesome... but think of the innocent, terrified Cruzbike customers who are opening their early Christmas gifts and came here looking for advice...

The S30 and the V20! Which to The S30 and the V20! Which to vote for???

Hi Larry, I used to get a Hi Larry, I used to get a "numb thumb" on my Sofrider on ~20 mile rides. It was not cold out, nothing was obviously pinched, and there was no pain, just a numb spot near the tip of my thumb that took several hours to go away. Eventually I lowered my handlebars (and...

my lower back at the hip You can upload pictures, if they are under 300k. See the Upload tab in the Image Properties dialog that comes up when you click the image icon/button in the forum posting toolbar... You should have some leeway in how far forward you sit in the seat. Simply scooting...

Hi Ken, that's quite a Hi Ken, that's quite a description of the riding position! Could you post a photo or two of you on the bike?

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still need to rustle up to FYI, I emailed Cruzbike support for these and they sold me a couple.