John Tolhurst
Zen MBB Master
What did you ride before your rode a cruzbike?
What was your last bike?
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Charles.Plager
Recumbent Quant
Other bikes
I have a GreenZone folding bike (cheap - $200 shipped) that I used mostly to chase after a friend of mine who runs quite fast. It folds very quickly and is nice for using to drop a car off at the mechanic.
I have a Giant Comfort bike that is pretty comfortable for an upright. And I have a really old LWB recumbent that was good enough to convince me that recumbents are the way to go and bad enough to convince me that it wasn't the recumbent I wanted.
With my new Sofrider, the folding bike is probably the only other bike I'd ride.
I have a GreenZone folding bike (cheap - $200 shipped) that I used mostly to chase after a friend of mine who runs quite fast. It folds very quickly and is nice for using to drop a car off at the mechanic.
I have a Giant Comfort bike that is pretty comfortable for an upright. And I have a really old LWB recumbent that was good enough to convince me that recumbents are the way to go and bad enough to convince me that it wasn't the recumbent I wanted.
With my new Sofrider, the folding bike is probably the only other bike I'd ride.
TimOz
Member
Fast Giant
I did not ride for some time due mainly to disappointment in humanity!
My last bike was a Giant DF hybrid I had about 2 years ago. It cost about $800 and I can't comment on it's performance as it lasted just over 22 hours.
I bought it one Friday night and rode it 10km into Melbourne the next day and locked it to a footpath stainless steel hoop with a huge Kryptonite cable lock designed for my motorcycle. I came back 30 minutes later and it was gone. This was about 10:30 AM and peak shopping time in Elizabeth street on a Saturday morning. I think it would have been very difficult to bolt cut so I think they used a petrol powered cutting disk with literally hundreds of people walking past.
Consequently I have not yet left my Silvio alone and I am looking for serious locking options. The Tigr lock looks good.
I did not ride for some time due mainly to disappointment in humanity!
My last bike was a Giant DF hybrid I had about 2 years ago. It cost about $800 and I can't comment on it's performance as it lasted just over 22 hours.
I bought it one Friday night and rode it 10km into Melbourne the next day and locked it to a footpath stainless steel hoop with a huge Kryptonite cable lock designed for my motorcycle. I came back 30 minutes later and it was gone. This was about 10:30 AM and peak shopping time in Elizabeth street on a Saturday morning. I think it would have been very difficult to bolt cut so I think they used a petrol powered cutting disk with literally hundreds of people walking past.
Consequently I have not yet left my Silvio alone and I am looking for serious locking options. The Tigr lock looks good.
Bruce B
Well-Known Member
Hujsak
I rode my Hujsak (pronounced high-sack) until I bought my Silvio. The Hujsak was built in 1987. It had all Shimano 600 components, tubular tires and a Brooks saddle. As technology moved forward so did the saddle, the brake levers and shifters. The wheels and tire were eventually switched to clinchers.
Love my Silvio!
I rode my Hujsak (pronounced high-sack) until I bought my Silvio. The Hujsak was built in 1987. It had all Shimano 600 components, tubular tires and a Brooks saddle. As technology moved forward so did the saddle, the brake levers and shifters. The wheels and tire were eventually switched to clinchers.
Love my Silvio!
MrSteve
Zen MBB Master
Before my Cruzbike Sofrider
Before my Cruzbike Sofrider V1?
Single-track vehicles?
Many: I was a motorcycle test-rider;
all the motorcycles I've had the honour and pleasure to ride
were vastly more powerful than any bicycle, had much higher top speeds and average speeds.
(I'm betting that you're referring to Human powered bicycles.)
My first human-powered vehicle was a front-wheel drive tricycle.
I do not remember it well... but it was probably a fixie single-speed.
My first bicycle was a ten-speed, steel-framed, steel-rimmed Sears
'racing' bike. It featured downtube shifters and a Brooks style
leather saddle.
I learned to maintain and fix it... it transported me faithfully
for many years, before I passed it down to my kid sister.
For a while, I was riding a borrowed mountain bike for exercise
and was miserable.
My old ten-speed was tolerable for 20-mile jaunts, but being
older, slower and heavier on top of a plastic/steel excuse for
a seat was, for me, literally torture.
My next bike is/was the Sofrider I've had for about six years now.
It remains my favourite two-wheeled machine (motorcycles included).
Why?
It is:
-Fast (enough).
-Reliable.
-Cheap to operate.
-Good climber and sprinter (for a recumbent bike).
-Extremely comfortabe: the best seat I've ever had on any vehicle. Ever.
Before my Cruzbike Sofrider V1?
Single-track vehicles?
Many: I was a motorcycle test-rider;
all the motorcycles I've had the honour and pleasure to ride
were vastly more powerful than any bicycle, had much higher top speeds and average speeds.
(I'm betting that you're referring to Human powered bicycles.)
My first human-powered vehicle was a front-wheel drive tricycle.
I do not remember it well... but it was probably a fixie single-speed.
My first bicycle was a ten-speed, steel-framed, steel-rimmed Sears
'racing' bike. It featured downtube shifters and a Brooks style
leather saddle.
I learned to maintain and fix it... it transported me faithfully
for many years, before I passed it down to my kid sister.
For a while, I was riding a borrowed mountain bike for exercise
and was miserable.
My old ten-speed was tolerable for 20-mile jaunts, but being
older, slower and heavier on top of a plastic/steel excuse for
a seat was, for me, literally torture.
My next bike is/was the Sofrider I've had for about six years now.
It remains my favourite two-wheeled machine (motorcycles included).
Why?
It is:
-Fast (enough).
-Reliable.
-Cheap to operate.
-Good climber and sprinter (for a recumbent bike).
-Extremely comfortabe: the best seat I've ever had on any vehicle. Ever.
