Recent content by Manalive

Cruzbiking in London... Angela, I commuted from Kentish Town for a few months... generally got good comments, such as "that looks like a hoot" (I'm aware as I type this that this may be quite a local idiom... translation: "that looks like hilarious fun"), or "that looks very comfortable"...

Hi Jon, Slightly odd - feel that we're carrying on 2 separate conversations at once, on the same topic, on two different forums :D May as well post a full spec: - Tyres: Bontrager, 2 1/8 ". Just standard off-the-shelf off-road tyres. Can't vouch for them being the best choice! Note: I've...

Sunday 20th March, I finally got to test the Cruzbike V2/K on some proper downhill single track, on our annual office outing to North Wales :-) The Marin trail, near Betws-y-Coed, is graded 'Red', i.e., "difficult, for proficient mountain bikers with good off road riding skills. Suitable for...

Sorry, I'm not interested in buying, but couldn't resist posting to a thread with my old hometown (well, the town I went to school in) in the title... For a little while, my conversion lived in Carlton Scroop! Anyway. Sorry to hear you have to downsize, and good luck with the sale. Regards, Alex

Just had a second look at your photo. If you do put a conversion on that bike (and I reccommend it as a first step!), you'll need to change the front brakes: those particular cantilever brakes won't work when you reverse the fork. Also, you'll need a quill-to-ahead stem adaptor and an...

Lowracer? No. Medium racer? Sort of... Closer to a high racer, really. I put the conversion onto a frame very similar to that one, envisaging it as a stepping stone to something far lower. I was trying to get the seat as low as possible on that type of frame, and that meant moving it as far...

Nice design. Thoughts that occur: I briefly wondered why not just hinge the front tube above the derailleur mount. But on second glance, that would seriously compromise stiffness. In other words, your solution looks a good one! But am I the only one who looks at the bike and sees an elephant...

Hi Doug, Thanks: very helpful. In the light of that, I've put the brackets back into the middle holes! At the office garden party on Thursday, various people were trying the Cruzbike, in various stages of inebriation! Some (including a man who can ride a unicycle) managed extremely well, some...

Two steps forwards, one step backwards... First step forwards: the Deore 48/36/26 crank works perfectly with the Deore front-derailleur, unlike the Tiagra crank! Perhaps not so surprising... :) Second step forwards: brake-pad spacers enable the triangular bracket to mount in its rearmost hole...

Thanks :D A tribute to the design. The lock has now migrated onto the front tube, over the front derailleur (on what I feel I should call the seatpost, except that it's a couple of feet in front of the seat...) Commuted to work & back on Friday, and two other cyclists independantly commented...

I've put a photo up at: http://www.cruzbike.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2520 More photos may follow later! Alex

THE V2/K CONVERSION LIVES :D Other notes: Having experienced both, a conversion with a threadless steerer is SO much stiffer than the quill stem adaptor! Much more positive to ride, when pulling on the handlebars. The V2/K frame didn't come with bolts to fit the conversion kit's seat base...

THE V2/K LIVES :D I put steel washers in alongside the nylon washers (but just to check - I presume the steel washers that came with it are meant to go under the screwhead?), and the play has gone but the suspension still seems to move OK. I haven't yet moved the triangular brackets to make...

Doug, The play isn't in either of those two-piece axles: it's at the rear of the front chainstay, where there is an 8 mm bolt on each side going through a steel washer, through the chainstay, through a nylon washer, through the triangular bracket, through another nylon washer, and into the...

Respect :D good use of available materials! The 'version zero' Cruzbike conversion had a lovely pair of little-used old-school hard-as-nails pads that will be perfect. Any other thoughts re. play in the chainstay? I suspect I won't necessarily notice it when riding, but it would still be nice...