I purchased a used S40 last week and it arrived last night. I did a quick peek into the box last night and this morning, unpacked and performed a quick inspection. All good!
Using the Cruzbike S40 assembly video, I reassembled it. That phase went fairly well, thank goodness for the video. Occasionally, something wasn't totally clear but, I figured out everything evemtually. After lunch, I followed the S40 fit video and that seemed to go well.
After just over a decade on Bacchetta bikes, I knew this was going to a different ride. I had emailed myself the steps from one of the “learn to ride” posts on this site so I could reference them along the way. Against my better judgement, I did the initial coast downs on our gravel driveway. Ain’t gonna lie, it was …..interesting. No drops though.
I moved to our little county road which has new chip-seal and walked up the slight, gentle incline towards our neighbors. I did a couple of coast-downs with me feet on the pedals to our driveway and then a few more trying some gentle, sweeping turns, mindful of the rocks left after the recent chip-seal refresh.
After a few repeats, I kept going past our driveway about a quarter mile, down a small hill and tried to pedal up the next hill. I made it about halfway up, did a feet-assisted turnaround and went back down. When I hit the next little hill, I kept pedaling all the way up to our driveway. There were times when I felt like my arms were fighting my feet for control as I pedaled. My brain will have to help them figure it out. I just want to ride.
First impressions? It’s a little scary. I always felt pretty much in-control enough to do large, fast group rides in Arizona on the Bacchetat. We relocated and I haven’t ridden in 18 months…and the first ride is on this strange, new bike. I’ll work a little more each day to build up my confidence and we’ll see where this bike takes me!
Bosch, our young vizsla, approves. It was his first exposure to any bike!
Using the Cruzbike S40 assembly video, I reassembled it. That phase went fairly well, thank goodness for the video. Occasionally, something wasn't totally clear but, I figured out everything evemtually. After lunch, I followed the S40 fit video and that seemed to go well.
After just over a decade on Bacchetta bikes, I knew this was going to a different ride. I had emailed myself the steps from one of the “learn to ride” posts on this site so I could reference them along the way. Against my better judgement, I did the initial coast downs on our gravel driveway. Ain’t gonna lie, it was …..interesting. No drops though.
I moved to our little county road which has new chip-seal and walked up the slight, gentle incline towards our neighbors. I did a couple of coast-downs with me feet on the pedals to our driveway and then a few more trying some gentle, sweeping turns, mindful of the rocks left after the recent chip-seal refresh.
After a few repeats, I kept going past our driveway about a quarter mile, down a small hill and tried to pedal up the next hill. I made it about halfway up, did a feet-assisted turnaround and went back down. When I hit the next little hill, I kept pedaling all the way up to our driveway. There were times when I felt like my arms were fighting my feet for control as I pedaled. My brain will have to help them figure it out. I just want to ride.
First impressions? It’s a little scary. I always felt pretty much in-control enough to do large, fast group rides in Arizona on the Bacchetat. We relocated and I haven’t ridden in 18 months…and the first ride is on this strange, new bike. I’ll work a little more each day to build up my confidence and we’ll see where this bike takes me!
Bosch, our young vizsla, approves. It was his first exposure to any bike!
