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Salut Laurent, C'est Salut Laurent, C'est fantastique! I've seen other Sofriders eletrified before. It makes sense to me because you can electrify the rear wheel and not have to worry about interference with the human powered drive train. And I am not good at starting on steep hills...

Let me add this Let me add this then: Carefully start learning to pedal with no hands. The goal isn't really to ride with no hands, but to minimize pedal steer (so start riding with just one hand, then just one finger, and then if you want, no hands). Teaching your body to pedal without...

Hi Hi Andrew, \begin{lecture} First, I'd recommend get some miles before spinning out decending. There have been a few instances of new ish MBB riders crashing because of this. If you do feel the bike wobbling, take your feet off of the pedals and let your arms take over...

Hi Lisa, For what it's worth, Hi Lisa, For what it's worth, I can easily imagine that those with back issues wouldn't like to use the technique I do. I do hope that they can get the seat angle up to where you find it comfortable. :) Cheers, Charles

Romajack wrote: In trying to Romajack wrote: My Cruizgami Mantis has a much lower angle than that of my Sofrider. When I approach corners, I sit up straight so I can see better (I never felt the need to do this much on my Sofrider). I can ride comfortably like this for quite a while...

Hi Blair, No worries. I Hi Blair, No worries. :) I agree with all of your point here: Yes to the seat angle (as I've found with new lower angle). Yes to the better shape. I sit on a yoga ball at work and that has helped my core a lot, but I've still got a lot of work to do. And...

While I admit there's a lot While I admit there's a lot to like about the Silvio 2's, I wouldn't sneeze at a Silvio 1 at all. (Anybody out there who's upgrading to a Silvio 2 can feel assured that I'll take good care of your Silvio 1's if you send them to me :D). Make sure you take 'before'...

Wait... What Silvio?  What Wait... What Silvio? What did I miss? Why haven't there been pictures???

(I really wish one could edit (I really wish one could edit posts.. oh well...) Hi Blair, As far as being easier to bridge when one is in better shape, you're absolutely correct. I can tell that it's my core muscles that are letting me down when trying for long periods of time...

Very nice! (And quickly done, Very nice! (And quickly done, too!) I wonder if you can use the old bottom bracket whole to do something with a kickstand? I wouldn't worry too much about the weight (unless you're light and have lots of hills). You can always get a lighter frame to...

Hi Blair and Dan, I never Hi Blair and Dan, I never said bridging didn't work on RWD bikes. I know it does and people who do (I didn't make up the term, I got it from RWD riders). What I said was "bridging as I do it." And I still think I'm right. And I don't need to put pressure...

I've never ridden either of I think in the beginning, you're probably right. I'll also add that once the rider has mastered Cruzbiking, I don't think it would be an issue anymore.

Hi Brian, Doug Burton stated Hi Brian, Doug Burton stated that you basically want the seat to be 4 inches or below your inseam. If the seat is an inch (you can assume 2 to be conservative), then you should have 5 to 6 inches over the bar. The problen with too high a center of mass is...

Well... It does seem like Well... It does seem like skimping to just say "it makes noise" and not share. :D As far as which note it plays when there's a tornado coming, there is an app for that. (Please do at least glance at the weather report when you notice a cow is flying next to...

Seat height would be my Seat height would be my biggest concern. Brand name is completely irrelevant as the company isn't the same it was when the brand became known. And yes, a braze on could get in the way of the seat, but could be filed off if necessary. Cheers, Charles

Hi Blair, A couple more Hi Blair, A couple more comments based off of my experiences: Riding a MBB (moving bottom bracket) bike like the Vendetta and other Cruzbikes is different than any other bike (or unicycle :) ) I've ridden because both your arms and your legs are involved in the...

Well done, sir.  Well done! Well done, sir. Well done!

Hi Bill, You want the 34.9 Hi Bill, You want the 34.9 size for the jump stop. The kit has the bottom bracket tools for both the square taper bottom brackets as well as the external bottom brackets (like with teh FSA Gossimer crankset). I don't have a torque wrench, so I just kinda...

Hi Jeff, If you are going to Hi Jeff, If you are going to have the shop do the work, I'd put the 22T on now (I used this one). If you can pull the crank yourself (you'll need a crank puller - I recommend buying this tool kit as it has almost everything you need (except cable cutter) for...

Hi, If you are very worried Hi, If you are very worried about tires popping, you can deflate them by 15 PSI (the equivalent of atmospheric pressure). Then you're good to go even if you send your bike into outer space. You are better off not deflating your tire at all than completely...