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Re: Steering damper Hi rrward - I gave up on the steering damper soon after I tried it. Any spring strong enough to keep the front wheel swinging around when stopped is not safe to ride with. But I left the eye-bolt sitting there out of laziness. For the workstand mount, I run the bungee...

Re: what about clamping to the steering column? Maybe I'll try that. Your original suggestion (Nov 2011, when I got the bike) of clamping to the boom is fine for working on the front wheel/gears/brakes, and I'll continue to do that. I'll try clamping to the steering column, but that seems...

Whipped ... and lashed Whipping is not a word I usually associate with biking, except in the sense of getting whipped by someone faster than me, but yakmurph's suggestions are right on. Ironically, in my real life as an oceanographer, I'm very familiar with whipping lines ... The pic below...

To work on my Quest, I've been clamping it on the boom, leaving the rear wheel on the ground, per John T's advice in 2011. That works ok, except for working on the rear wheel, and it leaves the bike low down. So here's my new idea: I cut a wooden bar to fit the distance from the upper...

"unconscious habit carried over from riding RWD bents"?? John T - Very intrigued by your comment "?if you have a built in and unconscious habit carried over from riding RWD bents, such as holding one leg firm at times when you concentrate on corner lines, then that would explain a lot"...

Welcome! Hi Rich - Your experiences sound pretty normal to me .... but I'd think carefully about those extra parts. There might be two plastic spacer tubes that are part of the rack, or needed if you don't mount the rack; did you put that on? Not sure about the O-ring, but very likely...

Does being further back change climbing steep hills? I like this! I'm reminded of the famously comfortable Rans seats. But if your weight is further back, what happens when climbing a steep hill? Does the front wheel unweight more, and then slip under load? BK

I knew the Vendetta was light, but ... I knew the Vendetta was light, but I had no idea it floated up to the ceiling! (First pic). Or you got some kind of helium gas in that there tail box?

bicycle geometry is complicated Hi Lavs - I've also thought about this, but bicycle geometry is complicated. First, increasing the rake will _decrease_ the trail (more trail = more stable). See the nice diagram on the Wikipedia page "bicycle geometry". You can search through...

mine is short and steep Mine is short and steep, but this is really a personal thing. See if you can get a cheap used adjustable stem and play around with it, in either handlebar position. That's really the only way to figure out what works for you. I don't see the PM, but maybe I don't...

yup. but why adjustable? Same situation here. But adjustable stems are expensive and heavy. You only need one to experiment with the positions, then it'll be fixed forever. I found one for $5 at a second bike parts store, used it to find the position I liked, then bought a nice light one for...

which kickstand is that? Another CZ rider interested in a 2-leg kickstand. What brand is yours? Is it heavy? What's the distance from the mount to the ground? How stable is the bike when parked on the kickstand? Any tendency for the front wheel to flop around? Thanks ... BK

Mick is right I agree with Mick about the heaviness of the front end being the root of the problem. Wobble is or can be caused by overcorrecting, and with a heavy front end, very small angle changes mean a large mass off-center of the rolling direction. This possibly could be reduced by...

A few weeks or months ago, there was discussion here about an alternate kickstand with 2 legs that would hold the bike without swinging the front end around to the side. I thought I'd try it as friendlier for bike stands. I bought one from ebay and the link is down, but you can find it by...

Don't ride in Chinese traffic!!! Hey Doug - We and Cruzbike need you! Don't ride in Chinese traffic! They do NOT respect bicycles. This may seem strange because it was only 20 years ago that *everyone* in China rode bikes to get around. I remember packs of hundreds of bikes waiting for the...

OK, found it (shifting rod torque) From the official Sram manual: "Screw shifting rod (1) into the hub axle and tighten it with 0.2 Nm (1.8 in. lbs.)." In English, that means "just beyond finger-tight". BK

Dual-drive shifting rod The shifting rod screws out very easily for safe storage. The specs say ... well, I can't find it now, but the torque wrench setting they give is just a hair beyond finger tight. It has a flat-head screw slot, so just give a tiny bit of snug after putting it in by hand...

(a dumb answer) who needs a rear brake? My experience (Quest 2) is that the rear brake skids the wheel with only the slightest pressure. It can be useful for gradually slowing down - and I've trained to use it that way - but it contributes very little to a short stop unless you also want to...

folding helmet? Hi Jeff - definitely interested in a folding helmet. I travel a lot - not as much as you, probably - and rent or borrow bikes in many countries where it seems like they've never heard of helmets. Especially riding in unfamiliar traffic I really need one, but carrying a helmet is...

Fairing mounts (reply to Geotak) Hi Geotak - The fairing is a Zzipper, almost 20 years old now, originally made for a BikeE. Everything else is handmade by me. This is the 4th bike I've mounted it on and it's usually not too difficult to make the mounting brackets, which are *way* lighter...