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Great Just great: with no paper towel close at hand, I resorted to using my wrist to mop up the drool that spontaneously appeared, the moment I saw your bee-youu-teee-fuuul Vendetta. Sincerely, beautiful. Congratulations, Mr. V! -Steve

Climbing Your daughter may be better at climbing hills on bikes than you are! (You could put her on your conversion and then you could race her on a D.F.) ---- Seriously now, I have 170mm crank arms on my Sofrider, as well as triple chainrings. My preference is to spin...

Amazing! Congratulations! The average speed that the Parkers achieved during this 24 hour event is a little faster than mine (for a 90 minute ride)! Well done!

Hiya, Mr. B ! If your body makes good power in a (more) closed position, then the chain stay extender will make good sense for you. If your body makes good power in a more open position, then the chain stay extension may well slow you down when you are climbing... yet make your body...

Not Pants, But -related riding wear/ware! Just adding to the no-pads-needed theme: riding gloves do not need to be padded either, as recumbent riders do not support any weight on their hands. My gloves? For Summer, a pair of leather fingerless weightlifting gloves. For cool...

My choices My choices are: -Summer. Loose synthetic shorts. I buy 'em on sale at sporting goods outlet stores. They wick moisture away and the loose fit works to vent heat very well. (I sweat a lot. A LOT.) There are drawbacks.... Insects can fly into and up the short garments...

Here's The Error, on My End: "Adobe Reader could not open 'SilvioAssemblyManual.pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)." Feel free to delete this when you've the...

Troubleshooting, "101" First, to answer you question, "...Anyone else experience this?" No, not me. But, Elliot, you say that you've tightened both the rear wheel bearings and the swingarm bushings, right? Right. What's left.... I think it's your rear wheel. Have you...

All of my cornering, on single track vehicles, has been done with short-wheelbase bikes. All current Cruzbike machines are short-wheelbase bikes (the Cruzbuke Sigma is a long-wheelbase bike.) All the cornering techniques that apply to mainstream short-wheelbase bikes apply to...

Noisy Frame Bearings Hi, Elliot! I don't have your problem: I don't ride when it's raining. In my opinion, why get wet if you don't have to? (I used to get paid to ride, rain-or-shine... so riding in the rain is too much like work for me!) There are easy solutions to you your...

No Vehicle is Panic-Proof -but their operators are trainable! I'm glad you're O.K., CharlesW. My helmet gets a wasp in it from time to time... and they tend to bounce off of my shoulders. Remaining calm helps, more than anything else. --- One day, while returning home...

My Last Motorcycle The last one I owned was a 1992 Honda CBR 900RR. The first one I owned was a 1968 Norton Commando 850 Interstate. The most fun bike was the shop Yamaha 400 Daytona. The only car that ever even tried to give me some competition was an 850 Fiat! The talented...

Before my Cruzbike Sofrider Before my Cruzbike Sofrider V1? Single-track vehicles? Many: I was a motorcycle test-rider; all the motorcycles I've had the honour and pleasure to ride were vastly more powerful than any bicycle, had much higher top speeds and average speeds. (I'm...

Everything lined up for my first ride: -weather in the low 70's Fahrenheit and, -time to ride while the Winter Sun was high (minimising glare). My Sofrider V1 did a great job keeping me in shape during the cold months, while it was mounted on the trainer. The only wrinkle to riding...

Biking with dogs It's possible; lots of dogs do well with bikes. My dog, a pitbull rescue, has prey-drive out the wazoo and has the pulling power to make things happen. (he'll go after squirrels if it's the last thing he'll ever do.) I've had him on lead, trotting by my bike on the...

Bolts and Poppers and- Nice looking bike, Dave.G! Poppers are snaps, right? Sort of like grommets, only different, right? Well, anyway, nice bike... but I second Johns' concern regarding welding heat-treated Al. -Voiding warrantees is fun! Here's my input on attaching bags to...

...And if the spokes are not the culprit? Then the noise you're experiencing could still be attributed to the wheel. Check/true/tension the wheel spokes first, as they're easiest to get to. My experience is limited here to simple free-wheel/cassette hubs, so: If the noise...

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Sofrider VI I must have more time on my V1 than you do, having ridden it for years, but I remember feeling what you describe. Seat-time helps a lot. Practice makes perfect and all that. Pedaling lightly down hill works and as a side benefit of pedaling, you accumulate extra...

Balance Issues? You say you're not comfortable on an upright bike. What is not clear is how well you can balance an upright bike. If you have problems balancing on an upright bike, -which is a single track (two wheels) vehicle- then you will most likely have problems balancing on...