Right There...

[Mark B]

In front of my face, it was. Jack's been saying over and over again to reverse the stem to get the handlebar closer. Wow! I switched my stem around and put the bar back on as I had it. Adjusted the angle, moved the bar ends a little and clamped it down. I also laxed up on the rear suspension, a lot. It dropped the rear end a bunch and coupled with the new hand position; it's feeling pretty comfortable. I can't wait to get on the bike tomorrow!

Mark

 

[Mark B]

I'll tell you, I'm a lot happier with this bike... It's a blast to ride now. Yes, it's still heavy and yes, the suspension still makes weird noises. But dialing back the rear shock has made a huge improvement in this bike. The seat is lower, which increases the seat recline, points the nose of the seat pan a little higher... I think I hit on something, here. I jumped it off a couple curves tonight and the suspension doesn't even hint at bottoming out.

Reversing the stem was a good step, too. The handlebar was a bit of a reach before and my knees would tic the bar now and again. Now, my knees come nowhere near and the reach is really easy. I still love the hand position the backwards and tilted forward riser bar affords. Getting the bike all day comfortable is bigger to me than loosing weight off of it. I'll ride a lead sled and consider it resistance training, as long as my other criteria are met. The bike must be comfortable and function flawlessly. I don't care (much) about looks, or weight at this point.

Mark

 

[MagneO]

Mark B

Referring to a different thread, I can see know what you mean by the seat angle. Do you know if there is a recommendation for the angle? I have tilted my seat a bit further back, but I am no where near your angle ( I think).

Regards,

MagneO

 

[Doug Burton]

HI Mark,

What you've done is moved the entire bike closer to the geometry changes that were instituted in the V2 frame. Also, when you reverse the stem and then move the handlebar rise back toward the steering axis, you minimize tiller, which makes the steering work very nicely. More than about 3" tiller and you'll need to retrain your Cruzbike reflexes.

Not to sound like a broken record, but an Origin 8 bar with a little longer stem... or a dimension 95mm rise cruiser bar with a 45 degree sweep...

Or you could just ride it lol...

Can you feel the little tinkering bug tuggin' at ya?

Magne... the Silvio runs a backrest angle of 45 degrees with a somewhat steeper seat pan angle. With the Cruzbike Seat, life just doesn't get any better than that!

Best,

 

[rearengine]

This is what works for me, I'm 5' 8". If your hands end up on a line across the center of the riser on a short wheel base bike the better it will handle for most folks. Yaa! I got the tinker bug.. Take care all Bill

 

[rearengine]

I'm sorry I should have said steerer or head tube, not riser in my last post.. Bill

 

[MagneO]

Clearly I will have to look into adjusting my sitting position ( I hadn't even thought of the hand position) . When I sort out the damper issue I will try to fine-tune the sitting position, but I think I will have to get some kilometers on the bike first.

Regards,
MagneO