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Today (in a few short hours)I will be attempting the Natchez Trace 444 event. Yeah - 444 miles on a single road with no stop signs or stop lights and only 16,000 ft of climbing. Almost flat! haha. Starts in Nashville, TN, ends up in Natchez, MI There are about 40 riders (some in 2x teams), and...

Congrats everybody! I see Barbara got her yellow V20C! What a beauty!

I highly recommend FLO - I have bought 3 sets - best wheels I have ever had - tubeless and disc brake options - moderately priced and they have sales every so often.

I have PT pedal power meters and have used them about 7-8 years now - I like the pedal system since I have more than 1 bike I ride. Even with different crank lengths, all I have to do is change the crank length setting on my Garmin and recalibrate and I am good to go.

Here is it. I cheated a little bit - the black piece is the current bracket that holds the Cruzbike race case to the headrest tubes (but it could be any piece of metal that serves the same purpose). I used the M5 case as a template and shaped a piece of dense foam to match the curvature, then...

Nope - I am not able do 25 mph on 160 watts! I am about 180 watts for 25 mph on perfect flat course - so if you are that too - we are pretty close. When I first set the 100 mile road attempt (about 7 years ago) I was needing about 200 watts for 25 mph - so I have figured out how to be more aero...

Yes - just have to ask for it! :)

I have mounted a 21 liter M5 race case to my V20 - Mathew Fri also mounted one to his new V20C. Weights only 800 grams! You will need to build an adapter but it easily mounts to the headrest tubing. It is not cheap, but with Euro to $ exchange at 1:1 - this is a good time to buy it. Is ships...

Cruzbike is working on a new version of the tailbox. This last one seemed to rattle apart at the seems after so many miles - the rougher the roads the quicker it shook apart. I am sure when they get a new one - it will appear under the accessories

It is easy to probably claim one bike is more aero than another - put then both in a wind tunnel. But those results would not be very useful. We must remember that the real value that everyone is really after is "their CdA" on a specific bike". And the body makes up more than 50% of this value...

I have 140's on my V20C - love them - I really love anything between 140-150mm. Here is the info on the guy (Mark) that did the first one for me 8 years ago (after that I just started doing my own) - thinking he is still in business http://bikesmithdesign.com/Short_Cranks/index.html Looks...

What is needed is just a standard "brake washer" with the serrated edges. You can get whatever width you need for the brakes to clear the fork,

I've gone about 55mph downhill on my V20 = The V20C is tighter and more stable - I is great fun

Love the pic Mathew! - That was my custom build case before Cruzbike starting offering their race case. I like the race case (for 2 bottles) and - 1 holder under the boom for a 3rd. I can stick 2x 1 liter bottles in the race case and with the 3rd have enough for 100 miles.

I tape the tube to my belly just above my shorts - and have the tube long enough that I can hold it out at least 6 inches. There is an uphill section of the tube -but the only recourse to not have it would be to do as you suggest. I think if you did this the plastic would rub on your skin under...

Hi Jeffers, Yes I believe this to be what seems best to me. I have never measured it this way - Pretty cool overlay. What program are you using to do this? This is my absolute fastest bike I have ever ridden. I did almost 32 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a 10-mile TT. It was awesome. I...

The only difference I have noted between V20 and S40 is that the S40 is a little easier to balance due to its higher seat angle. Eventually your body learns to deal with it though. There are many people that can ride the V20 with no hands and go very slow without loosing their balance. But if...

I have ridden with Q-rings for most of the last 5-6 years. They do not really affect the motion of the legs as that is determined by the center of the BB. It will be the same with or without.

One of the reasons to get shorter cranks is to not have you knees bending so much. Once you go shorter you need to adjust the BB so that on your back-stroke you don't bend you knee much past 90-100 degrees. I think 90 degrees is perfect and what I shoot for. Any greater bend than that and knee...

I had the same experience when I got my first Cruzbike. I went from 170's down to 150's - knee pain gone. There is really no downside to shorter cranks: You legs and knees move less distance - so no flailing around, Better aero, quicker spin-up, lighter weight if you count those grams. easier to...