World's fastest bike?
03-11-19, 08:55 AM
#51
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Are you talking about Cruzbike recumbents specifically, or SWB recumbents generally? I haven't ever tried a recumbent, but I'd like to test ride one sometime. A few posters have mentioned that having the crank attached to the front fork and pivoting on the headset is a poor design choice. That makes sense to me. It seems like having the crank on a solid beam would make the bike easier to control, particularly at lower speed and when climbing.
03-11-19, 02:15 PM
#52
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Are you talking about Cruzbike recumbents specifically, or SWB recumbents generally? I haven't ever tried a recumbent, but I'd like to test ride one sometime. A few posters have mentioned that having the crank attached to the front fork and pivoting on the headset is a poor design choice. That makes sense to me. It seems like having the crank on a solid beam would make the bike easier to control, particularly at lower speed and when climbing.
Last edited by robnol; 03-12-19 at 05:54 AM.
03-12-19, 08:35 AM
#53
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It occurred to me that that's probably why the guy in the video was sitting up and pulling back on the handlebar when he was climbing; to better counteract the torque he was applying to the crank. If you look up "Cruzbike Go" on youtube you'll see a group of experienced cruzbike riders doing the same thing.
When the crank is on a solid beam I don't doubt that hard pedaling would still tend to swing the front of the bike back and forth a little bit, but it's not going to actually steer the bike like it seems to do on a cruzbike.
03-12-19, 03:31 PM
#54
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... so you've ridden a Cruzbike and it's not any harder to control when putting a lot of torque on the crank than say a Bacchetta?
It occurred to me that that's probably why the guy in the video was sitting up and pulling back on the handlebar when he was climbing; to better counteract the torque he was applying to the crank. If you look up "Cruzbike Go" on youtube you'll see a group of experienced cruzbike riders doing the same thing.
When the crank is on a solid beam I don't doubt that hard pedaling would still tend to swing the front of the bike back and forth a little bit, but it's not going to actually steer the bike like it seems to do on a cruzbike.
It occurred to me that that's probably why the guy in the video was sitting up and pulling back on the handlebar when he was climbing; to better counteract the torque he was applying to the crank. If you look up "Cruzbike Go" on youtube you'll see a group of experienced cruzbike riders doing the same thing.
When the crank is on a solid beam I don't doubt that hard pedaling would still tend to swing the front of the bike back and forth a little bit, but it's not going to actually steer the bike like it seems to do on a cruzbike.
