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No hands Unbelievable! What an effort! mickjordan - Riding Cruzbikes no-hands is surprisingly easy. I am no master rider or anything (I have something above 1500 miles on my Quest 2 and mostly ride commuting), but learning this came very easily. With your feet cranking the pedals balancing...

An easier and certainly cheaper alternative An easier and certainly cheaper alternative is to just switch the elliptical chainring for a smaller one (probably only available round). I have a Quest 2.0 and do a lot of climbing and also wanted lower gears, so I changed the chainring to a...

Fairing supports Bob - Yes the fairing supports are my own design and construction. The ones available from the fairing manufacturers are expensive, heavy, ugly, and overkill. Mine are super-light, cheap, unobtrusive and perfectly stable in high winds. I commonly commute on an exposed bike...

Cool video! Hi Shakey - Great video. Gives me a nice goal. In fact I'm feeling a lot more comfortable every day. I now do a 1-1/4 mile (2km) stretch easily on my daily commute (that's the longest between major street-crossings). Basically I can do it indefinitely on a fairly straight...

Here's a fairing on my Quest See my post "Fairing on a Quest" in the Quest thread from Mar 24 2012. Here's the link to photos. This is an early test version but it gives you the idea. Probably something similar would work on the Silvio. I now have hundreds of miles experience riding with...

In my ongoing quest to become "one with the bicycle", I'm learning to ride my Quest 2.0 no-hands. It's surprisingly easy. I'm not a daredevil or a showoff (anyway, I'm too old for girls who'd be impressed with that kind of thing). I just want to feel completely in control of the bike. I...

This is not really a Quest thing, or even a Cruzbike thing, but you might find it useful. My Quest 2 started making a truly annoying click/ping/clunk noise in the front end after a few hundred miles. It sounded a lot like a spoke ping but it occurred only when pedaling, more or less on...

check my post on adjusting the Quest disk brakes Dave G. - Have you seen my post of a few days ago on adjusting the disk brakes? In addition to improving brake performance, it also removed the squealing. Disk brakes just require close adjustment. Try the method in my post and see if it helps. BK

just sell the suitcase and buy another! DaveObrien - Since the Samsonite suitcases sell for less than $100usd, I'd say it would be easier to sell it on arrival and buy a new one when you leave! It's pretty easy to sell stuff in the US using craigslist dot com (you would need a local...

send me an e-mail and I will give you Wesley H's contact Hi roorbin - I don't think I should post Wesley's phone on this list, but if you send me a private message through this website (possible but I don't see where to do that right now), or an e-mail directly, I will give it to you. My...

Here's a better way to adjust the Quest's Avid BB5 disk brakes. The whole story (with photos) is at: http://www.ecovelo.info/2011/04/15/a-foolproof-method-for-adjusting-avid-bb5-disc-brakes/ but the method is simple and fast: 1. Loosen the caliper mounting bolts until it moves...

Quest gearing (the numbers) According to Jim Parker (who should know), for the Quest 2.0: "The gear-inch range is 22.2 to 105.7 for the 20" and 26.3 to 124.7 for the 26". I swapped the 42-tooth elliptical chainring for a round 36-tooth ring, so that reduced the gear inch by...

I have the 26-inch Quest but I have the 26-inch Quest but swapped the elliptical (42-tooth) chainring for a round 36-tooth one, because I needed a lower gear for hill-climbing. According to Jim Parker (re Quest 2.0) "The gear-inch range is 22.2 to 105.7 for the 20" and 26.3 to 124.7 for...

agree with charlesw I'm with charlesw - With high cadence, my Quest is a great climber on moderate hills. Strongest-climbing recumbent I've ridden, just feels tremendously powerful. But I also have to go with bamboo and say that high-speed descents are pretty scary. That wobble - pedalling fast...

Front shock much improved! I tested my repaired front shock on some of the bumpiest terrain in the world (the streets of Seattle): it's great! That extra 6mm of travel really makes a difference in the ride. It much more of a pleasure to ride the bike this way. Cruzin' ... So you guys with...

That was interesting! Loosening the shock bolt. Back from Oz, I tried to follow John T's instructions (above) to adjust my front shock. Using his remove-front-wheel, measure-travel-with-sash-clamp method, I found that the existing travel was 7mm. With a 6mm hex wrench (no long one...

Being specific The fork has zero or near-zero compression, when I sit on it or go over a bump. I cannot generate any noticeable travel at all by any means. I was probably being charitable or hopeful when I said 2mm. It's closer to zero. When I said "bottoms out", I meant comes to the end...

Fatall, Jerry, Hugh: what kind of fork do you have? Fatall, Jerry, Hugh - Maybe you guys should speak up and answer John T's question about which fork you have, so we can be asking a specific question of the builders. Maybe they're waiting for us ... BK

Re: which fork are we talking about? Thanks for that information. Since I've only seen my own Quest 2.0, I had no idea there were different models. Mine has the blue-shading-to-white logo. (And it's a very beautiful logo, I might add). Specifically, since it appears that my front shock was...

Mystery solved Thank, Doug. That solves the mystery. When I first got the bike it was making all these pinging/clicking noises. (It turned out to be loose spokes). After doing everything I could think of, I took it to my LBS, who told me that the headset was very loose and tightened it down. A...