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Wow! I didn't know that Wow! I didn't know that Velcro is strong enough to hold a seat pan in place even under load. Is there any nut and bolt somewhere to secure the the seat?

Wow! Built with precision! Wow! Built with precision! Those hydroformed tubes look very light too! probably the new V is significantly lighter than the current one. What are the short pipes just beneath the main frame where the rear stays joins the bottom of the main downtube?

Charles, I see your point Charles, I see your point about 32 mm tires. But I think the main problem, which most people are overlooking here is the road bike components compatibility and specificially road bike caliper brake compatibility. John wants to enable road bike users to swap the...

Vadn1, Its interesting that Vadn1, Its interesting that with disk brake tabs now part of Silvio-2.0, you noted that you can fit more sizes of wheels from 700x28 (iso 622) to 26" (iso 559) or smaller wheels as long as the hub is disc brake compatible and the tire narrow enough to fit into...

thebean, I 'am not a thebean, I 'am not a designer, but I have some engineering background to my education. I also homebuilt my own bike by looking at the cruzbike design, mostly becuase I could not afford a cruzbike. I however follow this forum with interest, and maybe one day I will...

Silvio 2.0. Serious alround "Road" bike. Period. To answer the forum member called "thebean", about the 33 to 38 degees seat angle, you need not worry becuase the new silvio design means it's possible to adjust it, within some limitted range by using washers and extra padding. This is...

Looks really nice Charles! Looks really nice Charles!

Hello WilG, I'am by no means Hello WilG, I'am by no means an expert like John, but it seems to me that what you are experiencing is pedal-induced steer. If this is the case, then there is nothing wrong with your bike. This is an expected behaviour of the cruzbike and indeed any other bike...

Thanks Charles!   Nothing new Thanks Charles! Nothing new for me to post of late but maybe I should record a small video of my riding and share .

Am I missing something here? Am I missing something here? Can't see the picture.

@cplager, I have used , twist @cplager, I have used , twist shifters, trigger shifters and on my DF road bike, Shimano Sora brifters. I can say that personally I find the brifters to shift the best, probably because they are of better quality than the twist and trigger ones that I could afford...

Nice photos of your Vendetta Nice photos of your Vendetta there: Coming from a unicycle, it must have been easy to learn a cruzbike!

@Bob, If it helps you, @Bob, If it helps you, someone in this forum has put some faring on a softrider which is very much identical to a V2/K. Cant remember his name but found the photos on flickr: And more details upfront:

Personally I first learnt to Personally I first learnt to ride hands free while coasting and later learnt to peddle hands free. I think it's just a matter of time and practice and it will come. As John T once put it, the body requires feedback in order to learn. So you just need to gently...

Well, well, sounds Well, well, sounds interesting. What age group is the target? I once saw this home-made bike by Jacques the father to the French designer called Malric of Zokra: More pictures and some videos here: http://malricsworld.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html

The carboyoke is the flexible The carboyoke is the flexible chainstays. Take a close look at the rear triangle and you will notice that the horizontal members are solid and flat carbon fiber parts clamped on both ends. They flex and the motion is dumped by the rubber at the top of the...

Functionality comes first, looks comes second. Nataly, for your first conversion keep your focus on getting a frame low enough to put you in a good position for riding and the ability to firmly place both your feet on the ground when stationary. Then you can refine the looks of the bike as...

Doug Burton's conversion is Doug Burton's conversion is not the entirely the standard kit. It includes components fron Silvio and and a carbon seat not part of a standard kit. He described it very well some time ago(10-06-2011) in BROL forums and I quote: " It's a Walmart "Tiara"...

@Nataly,  the V2/K Frameset @Nataly, the V2/K Frameset is an option when purchasing the conversion kit: http://www.cruzbike.com/conversion-kit .It is marked as $230. I think you have to check the option checkbox when buying online. The details are here http://www.cruzbike.com/v2k-frameset...

@Tarmac Terrorist; Your @Tarmac Terrorist; Your question is about the fundamentals of bicycle kinetics which requires some good mathematics to explain. But basically, if you dont reverse the fork, the conversion kit will increase the rake and reduce the trail of the front wheel significantly...