Ted
Active Member
I went on a 32 mile(51.5km) group ride with about a dozen DF bikers a few evenings ago - my first time riding with them. (Note: for those of you wondering, the "24 Hours In The Canyon" ride, in which I was going to ride in the 12 hour event a few weekends ago, was cancelled completely that Friday evening because of damage and flooding caused by a hailstorm and heavy rains that past over late that Friday afternoon.)
They were setting a fast - 18-20 mph(29-32km/hr) pace. One lady wasn't able to keep up so I hung back with her until her husband finally dropped back to check on her - they decided to turn back.
I figured I'd try and catch up with the rest of them, tho they were out of sight. After several turns, I came to a major highway, looked right and saw them 3/4 to a mile(1.2 - 1.6km) down the road. I almost decided to give up but then noticed one of them was lagging back a little - not able to stay with the rest of them. That gave me hope, so I gave chase to catchup with the lagging guy, figuring they wouldn't go off and leave him before they made another turn.
I got within a 100 yards (91m) of the guy - I was PUSHING it on some gently rolling hills!, before they all made another right turn. Then we got into more pronounced rolling hills and I was able to stay with them and even pull ahead of a few of them - or they were dropping back/slowing down.
This is proof for me that the Silvio is definitely faster and a better climber, at least for me, than my Corsa. There is no way I could have caught up with them and then stayed with them in the hills on the Corsa - and I just have regular pedals right now ... wasn't "clipped in"!
I'm still debating between the Shimano SPDs or the Look KEOs. I've got the SPDs on the Corsa but am leaning toward the Looks for the Silvio ... they seem to have a wider "base-of-contact" on which to push ...
Also, I'm still having issues with the way the cables are run. The local bike shop means well, and did the best he knew how, The problem is, he doesn't KNOW the finer points of the CruzBike, Silvio, specifically. He had the cables run before I was able to get back with the pictures that MickJordan had posted. By the end of this ride, there was a spot, just above my right knee, that was almost rubbed raw by contacting the brake cable on every pedal stroke.
Even with all the "challenges" I've had with this bike, I'm LUVing it ! Don't expect to ever by another, except maybe a Vendetta on which to do RAAM (which, incidentally, started a couple days ago), either solo or as part of a team - gotta dream BIG
! Like John Barrymore says, "A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." I ain't never gettin' old
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Ted
They were setting a fast - 18-20 mph(29-32km/hr) pace. One lady wasn't able to keep up so I hung back with her until her husband finally dropped back to check on her - they decided to turn back.
I figured I'd try and catch up with the rest of them, tho they were out of sight. After several turns, I came to a major highway, looked right and saw them 3/4 to a mile(1.2 - 1.6km) down the road. I almost decided to give up but then noticed one of them was lagging back a little - not able to stay with the rest of them. That gave me hope, so I gave chase to catchup with the lagging guy, figuring they wouldn't go off and leave him before they made another turn.
I got within a 100 yards (91m) of the guy - I was PUSHING it on some gently rolling hills!, before they all made another right turn. Then we got into more pronounced rolling hills and I was able to stay with them and even pull ahead of a few of them - or they were dropping back/slowing down.
This is proof for me that the Silvio is definitely faster and a better climber, at least for me, than my Corsa. There is no way I could have caught up with them and then stayed with them in the hills on the Corsa - and I just have regular pedals right now ... wasn't "clipped in"!
I'm still debating between the Shimano SPDs or the Look KEOs. I've got the SPDs on the Corsa but am leaning toward the Looks for the Silvio ... they seem to have a wider "base-of-contact" on which to push ...
Also, I'm still having issues with the way the cables are run. The local bike shop means well, and did the best he knew how, The problem is, he doesn't KNOW the finer points of the CruzBike, Silvio, specifically. He had the cables run before I was able to get back with the pictures that MickJordan had posted. By the end of this ride, there was a spot, just above my right knee, that was almost rubbed raw by contacting the brake cable on every pedal stroke.
Even with all the "challenges" I've had with this bike, I'm LUVing it ! Don't expect to ever by another, except maybe a Vendetta on which to do RAAM (which, incidentally, started a couple days ago), either solo or as part of a team - gotta dream BIG
Ted