William Morris
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Note that today the Cruzbike S40 is listed as sold out.
S40 Sold Out
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dule0911
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I also noticed that today.
Hate this disease called bike fewer. I haven't got my Q45 for 6 months and I'm already thinking about the next (faster) cruzbike!Need to put some other wheels, find a suspension with a solid lock out and adjust the seat angle on my Q45 to see if a S40/V20 will suit my back or not. I'm leaning towards the S40 because of more tire choices, so looking forward to some news/improvements, since I don't like the gray one.
Hate this disease called bike fewer. I haven't got my Q45 for 6 months and I'm already thinking about the next (faster) cruzbike!Need to put some other wheels, find a suspension with a solid lock out and adjust the seat angle on my Q45 to see if a S40/V20 will suit my back or not. I'm leaning towards the S40 because of more tire choices, so looking forward to some news/improvements, since I don't like the gray one.
super slim
Zen MBB Master
That's good for Cruzbike, not so good for new Cruzbikers!
What is the % of sales for each model of Cruzbike?
I think the S40 will be on top!!!, closely followed by the V20!
bladderhead
Zen MBB Master
These days, my Silvio seems to fit me like a glove. Damn fast, for someone with COPD, and in the parks and traffic jams it has better handling than the Grasshopper, but it took an awful lot of misery to reach this happy state. I had to use terrible temporary gears for ages until I got a very rare type of hub from White Industries. I cut the boom, got short cranks, destroyed, through ignorance, the BB to which they were attached, got more, got a smaller chainring. All the iterations of handlebars and brakes! The business with the brakes nearly got me killed. With all of this I was really close to going insane. What finally pushed me over the edge was the mudguards. If I say so myself, those mudguards are engineering raised to an art-form. I got new tyres yesterday and they are rubbing! I need counselling for this.
So I am NOT going through all that bloody palaver again. Goes without saying that I do not want to replace it with any other species of bike. I am keeping it.
So I am NOT going through all that bloody palaver again. Goes without saying that I do not want to replace it with any other species of bike. I am keeping it.
3bs
whereabouts unknown
@bladderhead i have zero sympathy for you......lol.
that endless tinkering is therapy in itself, and a good value. before i had my drivers licence, i tinkered bikes endlessly. then for the next 35 years or so, i prioritized tinkering cars and trucks and motorcycles and similar means of locomotion, only to one day return to the ranks of bike/trike tinkering. i spend less in a year tinkering bikes and trikes than i spent in one year on insurance.
if i had back the cash spend from those years, i could be retired now.
that endless tinkering is therapy in itself, and a good value. before i had my drivers licence, i tinkered bikes endlessly. then for the next 35 years or so, i prioritized tinkering cars and trucks and motorcycles and similar means of locomotion, only to one day return to the ranks of bike/trike tinkering. i spend less in a year tinkering bikes and trikes than i spent in one year on insurance.
if i had back the cash spend from those years, i could be retired now.
super slim
Zen MBB Master
Unless you live in Seattle OR Great Britain, I don't think you need mudguards on both sides of the forks!!!!
benphyr
Guru-me-not
Oh ye of little rain...
The front side of the of the front fork is where the fender (mudguard) keeps the chainring, chain, derailleur, and your feet clean and dry. And the added benefit of better aerodynamics.
That said I would skip them for touring that involves packing your bike as the extra assembly / disassembly would out weigh the benefits in that case. For the commuter and
Those cases where it will never need to be removed it decreases maintenance time and wet feet significantly. Dual full fenders = commuters rejoice.
bladderhead
Zen MBB Master
Exactly.benphyr said:
super slim
Zen MBB Master
have any of you WEB feeted Cruzbikers tried a brush across the fork to just rub on the tyre, and stop the water going past the fork??
bladderhead
Zen MBB Master
Loads of stuff shoots up behind the wheels. Behind the front wheel the frame gets splattered. On my Silvio, before I had mudguards, the underseat bag got soaked. On a DF my back gets splattered. At least on a bent the seat stops that. A bag above the back wheel gets splattered. On DF or bent, I discovered that stuff flies up from the back wheel, forward over my head, down and into my face. The only thing worse than mudguards is no mudguards.
bladderhead
Zen MBB Master
Does it snow in Tasmania? What about the extreme east of Ozzie, am I wrong or is it wet there?
At least I do not have scorpions sleeping in my shoes.
At least I do not have scorpions sleeping in my shoes.
super slim
Zen MBB Master
I agree with mudguards behind the forks to stop the spray!!!
super slim
Zen MBB Master
It does snow in Tasmania and Victoria, but only from July to September, in the high country above 1,500 m, and you would have to be as mad as a cat at a Tea party, (OR live in NSW!!!) to ride in those conditions!!!!
super slim
Zen MBB Master
I prefer 43C heat, with 50C heat radiating up from the molten chipseal road, to -5C snow and black ice covered roads!!!!
benphyr
Guru-me-not
to ride in those conditions!! You can add clothing but there is only so much that can be removed (for a redhead).
super slim
Zen MBB Master
But can you add vision aids to detect the back ice, and improve wheel traction on a TWO wheeled vehicle!!!to ride in those conditions!! You can add clothing but there is only so much that can be removed (for a redhead).
In the deep South (-35 Lat) of the Land Down Under, where it does not rain for 6 months, and the main river of the continent (River Murray), is a series of stagnant ponds between locks for 3 out of 5 years, and the air is always dry, we have adapted over thousands of years, invented Lycra so our perspiration can escape our bodies, and with the addition of fresh water to the Lycra, created an Evaporate cooling system that works better the faster you go!!!!
We have special summer Lycra for arms, legs and especially heads, that hold the water within the Lycra, for minimum water use, and max cooling!!!!
