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I can carry up to four bottles--two behind my shoulders and two under the seat. I started with the Cruzbike bottle cage bracket, but I kept breaking the bolt that holds the clamp to the headrest, dropping the whole bottle assembly to the street (including at mile 80 of a double century, on a...

At the risk of asking a dumb question (seriously, I am terrible at visualizing such things), could you flip the adaptor the other way? Would the brake caliper still engage with the rotor? (I imagine you tried that already).

One thing I like about Light Bicycle is that they will make you just about what you want (as along as you are willing to wait 6-7 weeks). When I built my V20 up seven years ago, I started with aluminum rims. It didn't take me long to trash three aluminum front rims. Much of that was pilot...

Yes, the rear spacing is 100mm. That part is easy. For the front (of a Cruzbike), there was a time when frame and hub manufacturers were dithering between the traditional 130mm spacing that worked for so long, and the "newer" (but now quite old and vanishing) 135mm spacing that came along...

One nice thing about bar-end shifters is that they operate independently of the whole braking system, meaning that you should not have to worry about mating the shift and brake levers. They are now separate pieces, with separate jobs. What kind of brakes do you plan to use (calipers...

Ditto what the others have said, to which I will add the importance of finding the best place for the bottom bracket--neither too far out nor too far in. Even with short cranks, if the bb is too far in or out, you will most likely experience pain. But get that spot just right, combined with...

It sounds like you are well on your way. Enjoy the process, as it is almost a kind of initiation. Good to hear from a fellow wheel builder. It's such a satisfying job.

@rdl03 The idea with the headrest is to have the pad contact the knob at the base of the skull, but not so much the neck bones and tissues beneath that knob. The skull is pretty tough, while the neck is rather delicate. I am attaching some pics to show how I bent the headrest slightly...

I'm coming up on 900 miles on my bbinfinite bottom bracket. Easy to install. No complaints. Bearings spin nicely. It should outlast me.

@rdl03 First, welcome! I started riding Cruzbikes (a V20) seven years ago, out of desperation that my angry lower back was about to knock me off the bike permanently. I took a chance, built up a sweet V20, spent the next month wondering if I had made an expensive mistake, stuck with it anyway...

Robert Holler at Cruzbike would probably be the one to ask. You can email him at robert@cruzbike.com

I've owned a V20, S30, and S40, and here's a silly thing that I like about the V20: In tight, super-slow settings (like the deck of a ship), where you're not riding the bike, but moving with it through people and public structures, its flatter seat recline makes it the easiest of the Cruzbikes...

Hi @BikeGary Here are pics for mounting my Tubus rack. The lower mount is straightforward, as there are threaded holes on each of the rear dropouts. I used a 5mm aluminum spacer on each side, and it all lined up well. The top mount is a little trickier (but not too much). First, I...

@Watsuking That is a Lezyne Flow Caddy--a lightweight, bone-simple plastic canister for tire repair stuff that fits into a bottle cage. Put your repair supplies in the middle of a shop rag, roll that up, and stick it into the caddy. Nothing rattles and I have easy access...

I won't try to talk you into putting a rack on your Silvio, but it is what I did, and rather like the way it came out. I didn't want something big and heavy, so I went with a Tubus Airy, made of titanium. I like the more minimalist look and how it tapers in toward the top. As racks go, it...

Correct. The V20's seat has a 20-degree incline from the horizontal. The S40...40-degrees incline from horizontal.

After riding 25mm Schwalbe Pro Ones for years on my V20, I switched to 30mm Pro Ones on my V20c. Strava seems to think that they are at least as fast as their skinnier cousins, but what I notice most is the smoother ride on the mixed-quality road surfaces I've been dealt where I live. And on a...

@vosadrian, I did experience a bit of what you describe as a lengthening of gearing when going downhill, and I did enjoy that. But I lost a bit at the other end when going up hill, and my knees didn't enjoy that too much. I did run the same chainrings, yes. Part of my crank length preference...

Seven years ago I started with 165mm cranks on my V20 because they were readily available. Then, with a little looking, I found 160mm cranks, liked them better, and rode those for a long time. Of course, I began to wonder if 155mm cranks would be even better, but didn't want to pay a lot of...

Anecdotal experience from a guy who rides purely by feel and doesn't even know what CdA stands for: I rode my V20 with a short 16-inch chain stay and curved slider for six years. Now I'm riding a V20c with the stock medium chain stay and straight slider (they don't offer a short stay in...