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Your bike is looking good: good work! :) Reclining the seat back past a certain point -and that angle will be specific to you- does affect both your pedaling and pedaling power, among other things. With your seat reclined past that point, I've found that the only way to restore both pedaling...

John, et. al., good work! I especially enjoyed the write-up posted on the Cruzbike site, on the Vendetta's technical details. :D

Hi! Just so you know, I could not decide between posting these two lines: " Good to see you blowing your own horn" -which sounds mean; "Good to see you blowing your horn again" -which implies that I knew that you are a musician! Sincerely, it's good to hear from you.

I was on my home turf this morning, a very familiar road. It's a favourite with the local lycra crowd (D.F. cyclists) who actually drive their bikes here to ride! -I'm so lucky. So anyway, I'm all warmed up after six miles, when a pair of young women, fit young women, pass me going the other...

Ego Busted So here it is, almost a year later... the local riding season is -intermittently- here. After a four month layoff and at least ten pounds heavier than I was last Fall, I took the Sofrider off of the trainer and went for an actual ride. As is my nature, I pedaled as fast as I could...

It's good to be bad! ;)

Beautiful bike! -Nice looking rear triangle & 'suspension'. -Sneaky-smart front derailleur mount. All that and I'm suffering from an acute case of, "wheel envy"! And the videos? Thank you, thank you, thank you. Great job! All right, back to riding my customised Sofrider in this 100 degree F...

Internal cables, at least down to the pivot clamp, right? Just pull a sleeve over the lot. You know, 1/8" thick neoprene or a Lycra/Spandex tube. How far back can you recline the seat... you ask? No further than zero-angle (flat/horizontal)! It depends on how tall your chain stays are, doesn't...

I agree that adjusting the length of your TFT to suit you is probably the way to address your knee pain. --- I have my TFT adjusted to suit my short leg: my long leg has become accustomed to the greater knee angle it must accommodate. Even so, I was adjusting my TFT quite a bit the first year...

Cool for a chopper (custom motorcycle)! Those wheels and their bearings would be very heavy. Stylish, but heavy. High style sometimes translates as low utility.... The frame geometry reminds me of a python? Flevobike? It (this design) does nothing for me, sorry. Just my opinion, folks! -Steve

Bent Rider On Line: http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/index.php Your welcome, -Steve

In general, I agree. Here's a counter-proposal: Build the the things and focus the marketing efforts to... target people like us; Build them so that they generate electricity. Look at all the possible positive points! -We get to exercise, have fun and burn delicious calories. -We get to be...

Awesome! I did not notice how the pods adjust for different X-seams? :D

The rule of thumb is to adjust the tension of the spring so that the bike sags down about an inch when you sit on it. This way, the rider's weight preloads the suspension. The preloaded suspension then is free to both soak up bumps by compressing the springs and is free to rebound. It would...

John, I rode my Sofrider yesterday after replacing the stock sprung damper with a length of hardwood dowel, for what I'd intended as a short test ride... and the ride ended up being my normal 20+ mile workout! It felt as if there was a light tailwind, especially pedaling up hills. The power...

It'll be a while before my new frame gets it's first test ride and I've never ridden a carbon composite frame/fork. Anyway, I think you're right about the ride quality. My sister owns a Specialised (spelling?) carbon composite frame road bike that features "zertz" inserts in the seat stays and...

I'd like some opinions, everyone! Some background information: I have not ridden a standard, or even non-standard, unsuspended bicycle in decades. All my recent experience has been on full-suspension dirt bikes and my fully suspended Sofrider. And now, after becoming accustomed to the comfort...

Nice write-up, Mark... but I'm not surprised. My hot-rodded Sofrider is very nice now and was really nice out-of-the-box. Here's my 2 cents (what's that now, with inflation, in our current Great Recession?): Get your hands on a Qwest and, of course, on a Vendetta! Ooohh (drool) the...

Thank you, everyone. (See? I stopped. You're looking at the proof....) Here's a little off-topic tidbit: Since both my custom chain stay and seat pan have worked so well, I'm going ahead with my custom frame. The design is finalised and construction has begun. (Sorry, Mark: no carbon...

My life has been insane for years now. And this week? Another giant blow. I'll spare you the details. One of the best decisions of my life has been the purchase of my Cruzbike Sofrider V1. The only reasons I bought the Cruzbike instead of any other bike? -Comfort. I literally cannot sit on a...