Cruzbike and Cochlear. Two great Australian Inventions.
- Thread starter Roland
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Hi Don1, I’m in Canberra and I know two other Cruzbikers here. There are two others I am aware of also. I occasionally see other OZ-HPV members when I ride around Lake Burley Griffin.
I'm in sunny Canberra and bought a T50 a couple of years ago. I tried fitting a conversion kit to a MTB a few years before that, but couldn't fit my legs under the handle bars.
The T50 is often an e-bike with a Dillinger street legal kit added to it.
The plastic seat base cracked twice so I put some 5-ply under it. And the back of the seat almost snapped off so I added some angle iron spine so it doesn't move at all now. Bouncing over the centennial trail could have contributed to the damage.
I use a work stand to hold the bike for repairs at home, but fixing a back flat while out in the wild would be difficult. A staple managed to go through the tyre and the tannus armor then into the tube. I've tried tubeless tyres, but there's too much glass on the roads that make unpluggable holes.
I carry a piece of rope to tie the bike to a tree while removing the wheel. So I've been looking for a centre stand that is tall enough to lift the back wheel off the ground. Haven't found any so wondered if bolting 2 chain stay stands to the front "chain stay" would lift the front up enough to keep the bike stable. The front has a Rohloff hub so is not so light for the lifting and lying down could leak oil from the hub. Maybe modified/lengthened 29inch stands. But then there's the problem of stands folded up next to the chain stay where the pedals travel.
Just another intractable problem to make a good design practical.
The T50 is often an e-bike with a Dillinger street legal kit added to it.
The plastic seat base cracked twice so I put some 5-ply under it. And the back of the seat almost snapped off so I added some angle iron spine so it doesn't move at all now. Bouncing over the centennial trail could have contributed to the damage.
I use a work stand to hold the bike for repairs at home, but fixing a back flat while out in the wild would be difficult. A staple managed to go through the tyre and the tannus armor then into the tube. I've tried tubeless tyres, but there's too much glass on the roads that make unpluggable holes.
I carry a piece of rope to tie the bike to a tree while removing the wheel. So I've been looking for a centre stand that is tall enough to lift the back wheel off the ground. Haven't found any so wondered if bolting 2 chain stay stands to the front "chain stay" would lift the front up enough to keep the bike stable. The front has a Rohloff hub so is not so light for the lifting and lying down could leak oil from the hub. Maybe modified/lengthened 29inch stands. But then there's the problem of stands folded up next to the chain stay where the pedals travel.
Just another intractable problem to make a good design practical.
Midnight
Active Member
What seat is that you have there? Thor?
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