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Had this happen on my Freerider. I took a couple of links out of the chain and that stopped it.

My Vendetta has made me a faster rider at age 73 than I was 30 years ago on my Italian road bike.

Rick, I forgot to mention that I find that wearing full finger cycling gloves helps maintain my grip on the bars. During the summer I wear light weight ones with no extra padding.

That's interesting chicorider. Robert Holler told me to treat the handlebars as if one were doing isometric exercises although I can see how these two pieces of advice can be complimentary though I would substitute green bananas for ripe ones :) I took it to mean to have a firm but not overly...

What Tiltmaniac said.

I don't see any instructional video on climbing technique. Actually I don't see how a video would be of much help. I think climbing prowess develops when one becomes comfortable with the bike and is able to put full power to the pedals and still keep steering in a straight line. Practice...

After learning how to pedal & steer the Cruzbike, learning how to climb hills is the next learning curve. This has been my personal experience and my observation when introducing others to the FWD, MMB platform. I think some of the problem is initial reluctance to commit oneself to utilizing the...

So I went out with the group of semi fast riders last Saturday for my 2nd ride since having 2 surgeries for bladder cancer. This was a hilly ride to Kings Valley, a little community tucked in the Oregon Coast Range foothills. The first big climb was Wren Hill on Hwy 20 just west of Philomath. I...

I have been using Shimano SPD's since they first hit the scene in the early 90"s. As to how durable they are I still have 3 pairs of the original M737's, 1 pair each on my Silvio and my Vendetta and the spare as a back up. They are very easy to service. I change the cleats out and grease the...

Jeremy, Prior to the Freerider my townie/shopping bike was a Trek Soho. That was a nice bike - aluminum frame, 8 spd internal gear hub and carbon belt drive but I found the Freerider to just be so much more fun (gotta love swooping through turns with those wide ape hanger bars) plus it was...

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did Jeremy. I purchased it 3 years ago from a man in Albany along with his Silvio 1.0. It still has the original tires so probably doesn't have more than a couple thousand miles on it. I now have a T50 along with the Silvio and a Vendetta. I'm sorry I wasn't in...

I keep my hands on the drops, same as you with the bar ends just about vertical. Being on the hoods doesn't work for me. I mount my Spy mirrors on the hoods so I can't put my hands there in any case. On long rides I do get a bit of numbness in my hands but mainly just the left hand for some...

Bump - still for sale - local pickup only

We took a little camping trip in early June to ride our bikes on a few rail/trails in the West. We have been supporters of the Rails to Trails Conservancy since it's early days in 1986 and have enjoyed riding these paths in many states and British Columbia. Our first stop was in Osburn, Idaho at...

I started out on last Saturday's club ride with the usual group of well seasoned riders ranging in age from their 50's to 70+. Another group of much younger amateur racers started at the same time but within the first 5 miles they were way off the front. I left the group I was with to pursue the...

I converted my Cruzbike wheels to tubeless by exchanging the rims for Flo tubeless rims of the same depth - 35mm I believe. The CB rims are not tubeless specific. I was able to keep the hubs & spokes this way. I love the loud ratcheting noise of the rear hub. I like to power up as l come up...