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-Attractive price; -Lots of di-hydroxide available; -Tested; -Low,"suck" factor (it's mounted pretty high.) What's not to like? :mrgreen: The only way to 'improve' your hydration solution would be to helmet-mount it. With gravity assisting the riders' rehydration, the suck-factor would...

Try to abstain from cracking black walnuts. Not only are they very difficult to crack, but they effectively dye skin. Permanently...until the dyed skin wears off. Gee, this interweb really is a strange place.... -Steve

GPS was nice while it lasted, but I've no plans for replacing it. The unit that failed on me was my father's, who used the Marine GPS receiver to time his progress, along with a separate heart-rate monitor, while rowing his racing single-scull. He had the unit replaced under warranty back in...

-I could spin out my Sofrider at around 34 to 36 miles per hour. This is with the stock Kenda 65 p.s.i. tires, on the flat with a tail wind or down hill. That's a fact: the 'speedometer' was a ten year old G.P.S. receiever. Now, with the old G.P.S. receiver dead, I just average my speed by...

I'm designing -in my head- a ventilated seatback. A few grams would be added due to the ram air intake; a few grams would be recouped due to the channels moulded in the back. Cool, eh? (All puns intended.) -Steve

Training wheels create a dependence on: training wheels. The training wheels train you to ride on a bike fitted with training wheels. On the other hand, just scooting around with your feet on the ground is very useful training. Balance and bike-feel are learned quickly this way.

This question is whispering to me for an answer. I am imagining an experiment. Fashioning a few discs of lightweight sheet material and transforming a spoked wheel into a fully-faired wheel. Then experiencing the difference. Yeah, it's been done countless times! Coroplast is the material of...

That Velocity rim looks good. Yes, the wheel could very well have been incorrectly tensioned. The aluminum rim may have had some effect on the spoke tension over time. As to side-wind sensitivity? I'm sure the solid disc wheel would be affected, but by how much? The steering dampener -our...

The Problem: I was fed-up with the constant truing of the front wheel. Also tired of the constant flexing under the torque input during hard uphill climbs and sprints. Even hard cornering would flex the front wheel, rubbing the rim against the front brake. To fix this problem, I flattened the...

I intentionally miss potholes. -But do get caught in rain occasionally. When rain happens, my shoes do get wet pretty quickly; so do my hands. Since the bike has no fenders, the back of my neck and head get pretty wet. This is all assuming that I remembered to venture out in my rain gear! If...

Your red bike is awesome, Doug! Your photos, video, the bike itself were instrumental in my decision go cuzebiking. Just so you get my point: Awesome bike; beautiful job. -Steve

Hi, Mr. Stewart My name isn't, 'everyone' but I'll chime in! I've been designing an integrated seat/tailbox in my head and it looks a lot like the curvaceous black beauty you posted. The compound-curved sides would help diminish the effect of side winds Would I buy one? No. I'd build...

It's the French again. They write the rules, everyone has to kowtow to their pet idols. We're lucky the British didn't have a say in this. Do you have Whitworth tools? I sold mine decades ago!

Yeah, really. It was a beautiful day, all day; this afternoon was 60F. So, naturally, I had to go outside and play in the street with the Sofrider. Warm weather is wonderful for making power. No sweaty layers to contend with. Warm air to breathe. Most importantly, for me, the ol' leg muscles...

H Riders, I'm looking for feedback from riders who are new to the Cruzbike experience that haven't ridden a bent before. Hi, Rick! Alright, the V1 Cruzbike Sofrider in my garage is the first recumbent I've owned and ridden. Mostly for comparison from upright to bent and riding experience. For...

Here's a link to a photograph of a (potential) solution to your problem: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cruzbike/spnew/view/2b9a?i=670 I have the same pump and it's mounted in the same place on my Sofrider. The pump comes with it's own mount, complete with two heavy-duty black plastic...

-But sometimes, you really do have to carry stuff ... in a bag. I have a messenger bag, given to me by my brother in law, who in turn had received the bag as a promotional gift. The bag has a lot of features. A detachable shoulder strap; many compartments; various YKK zippers; cinch-straps...

Thank you, John. ...sort of like the upset in cadence you get when the drive wheel slips on slick/damp/sandy spots on steep uphill grades. ...or the weird skating/hopping behaviour that hardtail motorcycles exhibit, powering out of turns. (I was a test rider, back in the '80s). I can imagine...

I associate the terms, 'tramp' and, 'kick' with suspension. for example, high-weight unsuspended masses, like the rear wheels of the old live-axle rear-wheel drive cars (especially when asked to transmit high horsepower to uneven pavement) -are subject to tramp. The, "Red Bike" looks like it has...