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Pictures Hi, Can you post pictures? Thanks! Charles

Yesterday I tried to ride up Yesterday I tried to ride up the biggest hill I ever saw. When I looked down at my computer, it said 18%, but it could have been steeper in some places. When I started the hill, I tried taking it slowly and leaning back, but my front wheel started to slip, so I...

More pictures from different angles, please! More pictures from different angles, please!

A hair dryer would probably work as well When I was changing the bottom bracket on my Sofrider, I used a hair dryer as I don't have a heat gun. It takes longer, but you're less likely to damage the paint by doing something stupid (which I'm prone to doing at least). Given the low cost of...

Pictures? Pictures? :)

Clipless pedals and gearing Hi, I had made the comment above that I hadn't yet tried out clipless pedals and climbing. Now that I have, the biggest surprise (to me) is that while I can now use both legs at once pulling and pushing on the pedals, I also find spinning faster much nicer...

Disk brake One of the reasons I ordered a Sofrider instead of trying to build one myself from the kit (and frame) is the fork. I like that one can add a disk brake to the front wheel of the sofrider. Does anybody know of a fork that will allow a disk brake on a conversion? Thanks, Charles

I'm one of the three I'm one of the three reviewers at Amazon (not the one star guy). I like the seat more than I expected to. Some people find they want to replace the pads (such as David Byrne who rode his Sofrider over 26,000 miles) ; so far I'm happy with what came on the bike. I...

Hi, I like your example of Hi, I like your example of the arm wrestlers. Imagine two people arm wrestling for an hour. In a physics sense, they have done no work. But in a biological sense, they have been exercising their muscles and spending lots of energy (as they should we well...

Masterlock I found this masterlock (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009V1WQQ/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details) and it works quite well. I find it much easier to use to lock up a bike than a U-lock. The handcuffs are large enough to go around what I want it to and also small enough that you could...

Other bikes I have a GreenZone folding bike (cheap - $200 shipped) that I used mostly to chase after a friend of mine who runs quite fast. It folds very quickly and is nice for using to drop a car off at the mechanic. I have a Giant Comfort bike that is pretty comfortable for an upright...

New dealer in NYC There's a new Cruzbike dealer in Brooklyn in NYC (http://www.nycrecumbentsupply.com/). I don't know what he has in stock, but he's very willing to answer questions on the phone/by email, so I'd definitely recommend that before driving to NC. :) Good luck! Cheers...

What Gear Inches mean When you say that you are in a gear that is 26", that is equivalent to riding a bike with a 26" wheel where everytime you turn the pedals once, you rotate the wheel once (e.g., like on a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing). As far as the Quest goes, I think...

For what it's worth, I've got For what it's worth, I've got a Sofrider where I replaced the double crank with a triple that has a 26T granny gear. The largest cog on the rear cassette is 32 on the sofrider instead of the 28 on the quest, so this means that my low end is about 75% of the 26"...

Hi, I just upgraded my Sofrider to a triple crank (Shimano Alivio M411 Hybrid Crankset (Black 170mm X 48/38/28)) which did require a new bottom bracket (Shimano BB-UN26 cartridge BB, JIS - 68x123mm). It cost me a little less than $60 in parts and actually wasn't that hard to install once I...

Success! Update: I successfully installed a wider bottom bracket and then had no problem installing the triple crank and getting the front derailleur adjusted. Thank you for all of your help - the hair dryer worked very well! Thanks, Charles

Hi Kim, Thanks!  (That's Hi Kim, Thanks! (That's exactly what I was planning on doing :) ). Cheers, Charles p.s. And thanks for your videos of learning to ride a Cruzbike. After watching your videos and "flinstoning" for 30 minutes, I was off riding on roads with very...

One of the views for the One of the views for the crankset says it needs 123mm bottom bracket. Will a 68 mm x 123mm bottom bracket fit on the Sofrider? Thanks!

I measured it and it looks I measured it and it looks pretty close to 5 cm (could be a little smaller - the ruler I used isn't ideal).

Hi, It's the 16 speed Hi, It's the 16 speed cruzbike. The triple is (basically) a moutain=bike triple (they call it a hybrid, but it's mountain bike gearing and a 4 bolt pattern). I'll go and measure the distance now (the article is very helpful for exactly what to measure). I'm...