Sofrider Reviews

[John Tolhurst]

In November 2006 Bryan Ball from Bentrideronline wrote this Review of the Sofrider V1 http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=83&blogId=1

In February 2008 Bryan posted this review of the Sofrider V2
http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=365&blogId=1

Aug 12, 09
Bentrider online switched servers so these articles should be back up again sometime soon.

 

[GRR]

My Sofrider v2 "review"/experiences:

http://www.gregroelofs.com/greg_bike.html

Short version: still a great bike; a few small flaws, but nothing that couldn't be trivially solved in "v3" (or even a later production run of v2).

Greg

 

[Mark B]

Greg

I see you found your way over here... Good for you and welome. You'll fine a little more consistent chatter over here than the Yahoo board.

Mark

 

[GRR]

Thanks, Mark. This forum didn't exist when I was in the market last year, so I followed up where I started. But you're right--there's some good information in here, and it seems to be organized better. (That said, I just spent an hour perusing the photos at the Yahoo group... )

Greg

 

[Mark B]

Much better organized, for sure.

We've got a nice group of riders here. Welcome again and post often!

Mark

 

[Traqr]

Question from someone without a Cruzbike yet... is there room for the pump to be clipped to the otherwise useless under-seat bottle cage bolts?

 

[JonB]

Traqr wrote: Question from someone without a Cruzbike yet... is there room for the pump to be clipped to the otherwise useless under-seat bottle cage bolts?

maybe a very small one.

 

[John Tolhurst]

Traqr wrote: Question from someone without a Cruzbike yet... is there room for the pump to be clipped to the otherwise useless under-seat bottle cage bolts?

What you see is the ends of a pair of welded tubes that go through the whole top tube and provide a solid mounting point for the seat. The are the other end of the seat mount holes.

Who ever heard of putting bottle cage mounts where a cage cannot be mounted? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[Traqr]

Got that from Greg's review. Guess I need my own V2 to analyse, huh? I've almost convinced the Boss, but they have to be in stock again...

 

[John Tolhurst]

Yeah, Greg's site, that's where I saw that mentioned before.

 

[GRR]

johntolhurst wrote: What you see is the ends of a pair of welded tubes that go through the whole top tube and provide a solid mounting point for the seat. The are the other end of the seat mount holes.

Who ever heard of putting bottle cage mounts where a cage cannot be mounted?

Oho! My mistake; I'll correct my writeup shortly. Sorry about that.

(There would, of course, be utility in having mount points on the bottom of the other tube. Sure, you get some kickback from the front wheel, but that's fine for a battery, air horn, or third [fourth?] bottle...)

 

[Sylvain]

johntolhurst wrote: In November 2006 Bryan Ball from Bentrideronline wrote this Review of the Sofrider V1 http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=83&blogId=1

In February 2008 Bryan posted this review of the Sofrider V2
http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=365&blogId=1

The links don't work.

 

[John Tolhurst]

http://www.bentrideronline.co

http://www.bentrideronline.com/?p=1444
Sofrider V1

still looking for Sofrider V2 ...

 

[NeaL]

I've had a Sofrider since last July.

Is the "So-" pronounced "sew" as in sofa, or "saw" as in soft?

 

[Suz]

I've had a Sofrider since last July.

Is the "So-" pronounced "sew" as in sofa, or "saw" as in soft?

Saw