Hi Andrew,Well, for
Hi Andrew,
Well, for starters, I DID say that "I think I am going to love the bike", not that I was going to have "less love" for it. The only reason why I say "I think" is because I am still building the bike so there is no way at this point that I can definitively say I LOVE IT! I'm hoping and am confident that I will get to that point and I am going to be very determined to ensure that I get past the learning curve that seems to trip up a lot of people and is what kept me from buying a Cruzbike three years ago.
When I saw that the Silvio 2.0 continued the nice looking boom from the 1.5 AND was introducing disc brakes, this got the wheels turning (no pun intended) and I talked to Nanda a few times (we have had many conversations over the past three years about Cruzbikes) and I finally took that deep breath and said, "OK, I'm finally ready" and placed my order.
I guess my main point is that I thought the disc brake set-up would be a more refined addition to an obviously beautiful and somewhat futuristic bike. I look at the suspension and the carbon fiber stays and I am in awe of the mind that can come up with this stuff. And then, done daydreaming, I get off of my stool and get back to working on the bike and I find myself getting irritated with the "standard" things a bike of this caliber should have but doesn't (the stuff I mentioned in the original post).
The same goes for the front brake. Below is a picture of the fork showing stops on the right side blade for the rear derailleur but nothing on the left side going down to the disc brake. I have three other disc brake bikes in my garage and they all have stops on the left blade so that you can cleanly/efficiently run cable to the caliper. Incidentally, there are 4 drawings in the Silvio 2.0 manual that shows a stop on the left front fork blade but it evidently didn't make it to the production stage. Looks like I will be using zip ties front and back.
I don't want to give the impression that I am NOT a happy camper. There are some things, already mentioned in this and other posts, that I don't like but, I'm much more happy than not and am not second guessing my purchase at all. Who knows, maybe the 2.5 folks down the line will get the refinements that us 2.0 adopters are discussing now. That is the price unfortunately paid for being an early adopter.
