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    Beautiful sunday morning ride - Sofrider V3 mod

    Hi, here in the Lower Rhine Area - almost all flat - we finally had a really beautiful Sunday morning: alt="Morning Bliss" Cruising some silent roads nearby where I live, I...
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    Overall weight and sporting success on a bike

    Hello All, I set up my mind regarding sporting success on a bike and want to share my thoughts with you. This might help some readers finding his / her truth more easily. It was triggered as somebody said here "uphill has never been my thing". At first, I tended to agree, but then I...
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    A Funny Thing Happened Today

    Congrats - thanks for sharing - have fun in your season!! Funny that 12hrs (or so) later I also just did my Sunday ride... on a new Sofrider Mod that came to my mind this morning. I'll post some pictures - on the ride and our landscape here in the Ride dept., and on the tech in the Sofrider...
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    Modified Sofrider V2/K stolen from bike storage room - Sofrider V3 near perfection

    Hi, my white V2/K based Sofrider V1 mod-can't-stop-the-mod has been stolen from the bike storage in my 11-party apartment building here in Krefeld, Germany - very unpleasant. Do not have much hope it will come back. Anyway, here's it's rough story - if anybody wants to write a...
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    Cruzbike Kit being discontinued, but - in the beginning...?

    Hi all, I just read Jims blog post again: http://cruzbike.com/goodbye-cruzbike-kit-sniffle-sniffle So after converting his Mongoose, Jim finally started converting John 1 (Christian Bible, New Testament)... and as a former Dominican "monk" I just can't stop myself continuing...
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    reading the tea leaves

    Best Agers Hi, a few years ago, I here proposed idealistically that we should introduce the young (age 5 through 15) to recumbent riding. My idea: if everybody would learn to ride a recumbent instead of an upright bike as a first bike, the market would completely change. Well, now I...
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    Visit me and test ride a Cruzbike in Germany / Besucht mich und testet den Sofrider V3 in Deutschlan

    Hi all Cruzbike interest people in Germany / Hallo, liebe Cruzbike-Interessenten in Deutschland! contact me in Krefeld / melden Sie sich in Krefeld unter der Nummer +49-2151-949 36 08 and leave me a message if Í can´t answer your call / und hinterlassen Sie mir ggf eine...
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    Mountain Bike Donor + V2/K conversion planned

    Hi, my customer Tamas from Hungary wants to built up a Cruzbike conversion, using: a Mountain Bike a V2/K frame (I suppose to get the seat height right) I learn from the site that he also needs a Conversion Kit, and that the following hints are important, and I added my...
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    Kid-sized conversion

    Front brake for 20" suspension fork conversion Hello hrr, I want the kids (not mine, I have none, but in general) to ride Cruzbikes, too, and therefore I am a little disappointed because I searched the Internet now for 10 minutes and could not find an adapter to mount a front brake on your...
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    Sofrider V1 front suspension

    Hello, greetings to all the people in the forum that helped me learn a lot about this wonderful bikes. I ride a Sofrider V2/K frame combined with a Sofrider V1 MBB. I only notice the front suspension if I ride down curbs - it releases and then it is rammed bag again to full compression...
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    http://pjotr320.blogspot.com

    http://pjotr320.blogspot.com is a english-spoken blog that I just found. The blogger lives in the Netherlands. Ernest
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    What put you on a Cruzbike?

    Biking is deep in my soul Sorry to wake up an old, wary thread at 4:11 CET...Still, some Sunday thoughts from my side, as I am very happy to know the Cruzbikes exist. Biking was a thrill from the very beginning, this freedom, balancing, speed, leaning into curves, doing jumps with an monotube...
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    Fairing on a Cruzbike?

    Here some pictures - Sofrider with fairing As you can see: - the fairing´s not too stable, but on the other hand you can remove it loosening only three bolts - when taking the fairing down, the alternative position of the head light, is on the front end of the boom. As the...
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    Fairing on a Cruzbike?

    Fairing on a Sofrider! I decided to put a fairing on my Sofrider because: - I liked the Streamer on my HP Velotechnik Spirit - I wanted to build one light fairing myself at low costs (<100EUR) and low efforts and see how it would work Results - positive: - it keeps your feet from...
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    Cruztrike

    Cruztrike is a neat idea ...especially combined with an assist motor. BTW This guy added a front motor after making this movie of his bike, but first check his tilting flevo trike: http://www.youtube.com/user/flevoracer59#p/a/u/1/euj6RpZJlUg I like it! If Cruzbike makes this kind of...
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    HillStarts

    You need balance (a CruzTrike?) and traction (a motor?) Hello Boat, you asked: > I am considering purchasing a Cruzbike after many years and miles on a Suly LHT >When touring and loaded with camping gear my bike usually weighs in at around 40 kgs , >This is managable but it is...
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