I’ve managed to get a few rides in on the Cruzbike V20 in the past couple of weeks, and am concentrating on acclimation to the MBB technique after winter enforced a few months’ break. It’s starting to throw up some interesting observations. When I got the V20 I was pretty quick to get it going
If you read my recent post on my catastrophic blow out on the Vendetta and the damage it caused to both myself and my gear, you will know that I managed to destroy one of the Garmin Vector 3 power meter pedals when I hit the ground at speed. This was a potentially expensive crash
Just last week I thought spring was on its way – the oystercatchers were back in the valley and cheeping incessantly as they do. The last 2 days have seen nearly 3 feet of snow dumped on us, and the landscape is eerily silent. I hope the birds are OK. There’s a crow family in
When I built the Cruzbike V20 in late 2017, I had the opportunity to build my ‘dream bike’. Starting with the naked V20 frameset, I researched and specced the entire bike to be as lightweight and high performance as possible within my budget. I was willing to spend a fair bit, so I went reasonably
Post man flu recovery ride – I managed 10 miles up the valley on the Fuego in the dark last night. I always love cycling the narrow country roads in the dark, and 2 days confined to the house had left me with cabin fever. I had a close encounter with a barn owl –
I took the trike for a shakedown ride today – 20 miles over some very hilly back roads. I bought this trike for 3 reasons – to do easy recovery day rides, pure enjoyment ‘enjoy the scenery’ cycling, and to cycle when the roads are completely treacherous for 2 wheel bikes. I got a chance
Made it out on the V20 for the first time in a couple of weeks today for the first ride of 2018. The roads were utterly filthy and I spent half the afternoon cleaning up the bike again when I got back! I did the usual Innerleithen loop, and was pushing for my first ever
Managed a quick test ride round the village tonight with the roads mostly ice free and no rain falling for a change. It’s the first time I’ve been out on the Fuego for a couple of months, having been acclimatising to the Cruzbike and riding the Quetzal with my wife at the weekends. It’s amazing
I finally got the conversion finished – it turned out to be a bit trickier than I’d anticipated. Because the cables went through the inside of the tiller, I had to disconnect everything to get the tiller off. It also turned out that all the cables were about 4 inches too long for a neat
An evening ride up the valley on the Quetzal turned out to be a major challenge as the wind picked up very quickly. The last few miles were into a very strong headwind with powerful crosswind blasts that kept me 100% focussed on keeping the bike upright. Good fun but trying hard not to dump