I just finished my first conversion. The donor bike is a Kawasaki DX126 that I bought from Amazon.com. I think that It worked very well. I only have about 10...
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pramodanm
Apr 5, 2011 6:12 am
Hi Doug, Fantastic. I love your conversion. Wish I could had the donor frame like Tiara in India. What is the weight of the cycle as it is now (i.e. in...
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Dan
psychlingdan
Apr 11, 2011 2:27 am
Training Blog <http://psychling1.blogspot.com/> This is my first year (month!) training for performance on the FWD / Cruzbike (Silvio) platform. Adding the...
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kaliya_k
Apr 15, 2011 1:04 am
Does anyone ride a sigma? Will you give some observations regarding handling characteristics, especially in relation to other LWB bents you may be familiar...
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Gregory Laprade
glaprade
Apr 16, 2011 10:40 pm
I'm considering building a cruzbike and I have several questions: 1. I'm 6'5" w/ a 34" inseam. Does the boom extend out far enough? I ride a Terra Trike...
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Jon Bendtsen
jonbendtsen
Apr 16, 2011 10:46 pm
... No, It can carry at least 244 lbs ... ;-) ... Going through 20 km and back in copenhagen I have the same average speed in my mango velomobile as I do on my...
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Bobby Everson
bobbyeverson...
Apr 17, 2011 1:48 pm
Good morning, I am 6'6", 36" inseam, 290 pounds. I have been riding a Sofrider for a year and a half. I love the bike! The front boom is almost long enough....
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jack lamoureux
jlmx39
Apr 17, 2011 10:58 pm
I could ride 16-17 mph on all my conversions. Once you learn how to ride a Cruzbike handeling is no problem and I ride my bikes pretty hard. Jack...
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Dan
psychlingdan
Apr 17, 2011 11:19 pm
... because ... http://psychling1.blogspot.com/ <http://psychling1.blogspot.com/> Dan Fallon...
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Gregory Laprade
glaprade
Apr 18, 2011 9:55 am
Jack, How many conversions have you done? I'm seriously considering a conversion using an MTB FS bike like the Gary Diamondback example on the web page. ...
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jack lamoureux
jlmx39
Apr 18, 2011 9:06 pm
I did 7 with the same kit.It was fun trying out different frames.You can see them under Jacks bikes in the photo album. Here is what I found out try to find a...
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Jon Bendtsen
jonbendtsen
Apr 22, 2011 7:52 pm
Hi In case anyone is listening and is interested it looks like I will bring my Cruzbike Freerider to spezi 2011. JonB...
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jenerong@...
jenerong...
Apr 23, 2011 2:10 am
Hi guy and gals, as I look at the different doner bikes I see a lot of different things. A couple question, the seat from the kit, can it be self supporting?...
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wernercj@...
wernercj
Apr 23, 2011 7:03 pm
Thinking about doing a conversion. Would a Trek VRX 200 small frame work as a donor bike? I have uploaded a photo of a VRX 200 in the Photos section under the...
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thomas waters
thwaters
Apr 23, 2011 8:54 pm
I really appreciate your help in covering Spezi on the Bentblog.de site. I enjoyed your video of a previous year's Spezi also. Your east Texas friend. ...
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jack lamoureux
jlmx39
Apr 23, 2011 9:13 pm
Thats a great donor and a small frame makes it perfect. Jack...
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Jon Bendtsen
jonbendtsen
Apr 24, 2011 6:33 am
Hi bentblog.de is not mine, I dont have a blog, but I do comment on a lot of them. I'm glad that some at least saw my videos :-D JonB...
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Jeffrey
jbsandlin
Apr 25, 2011 12:47 am
I didn't see any answers yet so I think I will chime in. I have finished one of the conversion kits and love. To answer your questions. The seat need to be...
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Jeffrey
jbsandlin
Apr 25, 2011 12:47 am
I have photos of a Kawasaki D126 that I converted. They are posted in the photo section. I bought the donor bike from Amazon.com. There was no sales tax or...
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Das
nandaholz
Apr 30, 2011 7:27 pm
... Hello K, I have a Sigma that we have on hand for customers to demo, and I've ridden it a handful of times. The handling is much quicker then a LWB...
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PeterK
pkewin
May 1, 2011 3:50 pm
I'd like to try a MBB FWD (cruzbike), but I would like help re the bike with the lowest/easiest learning curve. I'm 55 yrs old, ridden uprights all my life,...
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Diego Mera
diegom8
May 1, 2011 6:46 pm
I have an entire page cataloging my learning to ride it, I hope it helps: http://www.diegoscruzbike.0catch.com/ Let me know if you have any questions beyond...
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Dan Fallon
psychlingdan
May 1, 2011 11:41 pm
Pete ... I'm copying a reply to another Cruzbike rider below. Some of it may be repetitive to my last post, but .... I too live in an urban environment,...
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Dan Fallon
psychlingdan
May 1, 2011 11:41 pm
Pete ... When I got my RWD Bacchetta Ti Aero (2006) I purposely chose a rainy spring day at an empty forest preserve (to preserve my ego) with lots of parking...
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Jene Rong
jenerong...
May 1, 2011 11:42 pm
Jeffery, where is the photo section you refer to at? 'J'ene ________________________________ From: Jeffrey <jbsandlin@...> To: Cruzbike@yahoogroups.com ...
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PeterK
pkewin
May 2, 2011 2:34 am
Dan, really appreciate your quick response, I'll take some time and read through your blog. Yes, cycling in traffic is dangerous, even on a familiar Df. I'm...
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PeterK
pkewin
May 2, 2011 2:37 am
Diego, great blog - you had a pretty early version of the cruzbike, I hope to test ride a newer version soon. The MBB FWD makes so much sense, I'm really...
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Greg Roelofs
gregroelofs
May 2, 2011 6:37 am
... I've got 15,000 city/traffic miles on my Sofrider v2 (as of Friday noon... what timing), half of it at night. Following the recommendations of most of the...
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pramodanm
May 2, 2011 1:23 pm
Hi there, In any recumbent - learning curve is huge. I have a conversion cruzbike and a Quest. I have rode the conversion for 600 Kms on quiet roads until now....
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Thomas Rampton
mountain_man...
May 2, 2011 4:03 pm
When I first got my Silvio (about three years ago?) I went through a very similar learning curve as I've been reading about here. But I really didn't know...
