S1E2 The History of Recumbent Bikes | Cruzbike Recumbent Bicycle Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- Jim and Maria Parker, the husband-wife team at the helm at Cruzbike share the history of recumbent road bikes and their evolution leading up to Cruzbike.
In this episode of the Cruzbike Recumbent Bicycle Podcast, CEO Maria Parker and her husband, physician and Cruzbike co-founder, Jim Parker, discuss the history and design evolution of recumbent bicycles leading up to Cruzbike. They trace origins back to the 1890s, detailing the influence of early recumbents by Charles Mochet and the eventual UCI ban on recumbents in 1934. We talk about Cruzbike's unique moving bottom bracket design inspired by Tom Traylor and improved by John Tolhurst, as well as the challenges and milestones in their company's journey. They also discuss the features and purposes of the four main Cruzbike models: V20c, S40, Q45, and T50.
00:00 Welcome to the Cruzbike Recumbent Bicycle Podcast
00:43 The Origins and Evolution of Recumbent Bicycles
02:42 The Revolutionary Design of Charles Moshé's Recumbent Bike
04:38 The Controversial Ban of Recumbents in Racing
09:45 The Resurgence and Innovation of Recumbent Bikes
16:33 The Birth and Growth of Cruzbike
20:06 Navigating Challenges and Expanding the Cruzbike Family
23:01 Exploring Cruzbike's Diverse Model Range
26:30 Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
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Good Info! Thanks
Good Podcast! Thanks for doing these
I liked that you provided a background history of bicycles and recumbent bicycles . I would have liked to have heard something about the recumbent tilting trike that you had been working on several years ago. I thought that it had a lot of potential. It would seem to provide additional stability when just starting from a full stop ; when cycling at slow speeds and when climbing hills.
Thanks for asking about the tilting trike. Though we have not given up, we found that getting a bike that was stable at slow speeds and stopped that would still tilt was a much tougher engineering task than we thought. Maybe someday....
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I have looked at recumbent bikes over the years and have always been concerned with the ability to maintain balance while attempting to climb slowly up a steep hill and having to start from a complete stop while going uphill. Which Cruzbikes do you see as being best for climbing hills at slow speeds? Cycle Con is coming up in a few months. Will you have bikes there for people to test ride? How quickly can your bikes be adjusted to accommodate riders of different sizes? 🖖
I would like to see a crank/chain protector as you can easily damage it if you hit with the front part of the bike something.
To make it easier to mount a penny farthing style there was typically a step attached to the bike frame located near the rear wheel.
Thanks! We obviously didn't know that.
cuts and edit you made for pacing are great.
I was going to buy one of your bikes but I bought a Belize three wheel 20inch fat tires I put a rickshaw motor in the midship I just stretched it 6inches at the step through and put a seat recumbent and pegs for my feet place on the front wheel I’m in the process of putting it pedals and crank gears FWD might need help which I pay
Have a couple different Cruzbikes and have many thousands of miles on both of them. My wife has some health and stability issues and and we would love to see Cruzebike come up with an e-trike that she could ride, allowing us to ride together in Cruzbike style :) Any design progress in this area?
We're always thinking about a product like that, but nothing coming soon...
Can the S40 have a 2 chain ring up front? For hills and flats. Thanks
Yes it can! The complete we sell has a single chainring with a wide cassette that does great on hills and flats (I rode the whole Blue Ridge Parkway with the stock set-up), but changing out he components is very doable and well sell a front derailleur stalk and pully kit. Thanks for your question.
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I’ve never seen one ridden in San Diego don’t think you can come to stop frequently and start again frequently
Starting/stopping is just a skill to learn. In an urban environment with frequent stops, I would suggest not clipping into pedals.
It seems to be generally accepted in the recumbent bike world that recumbents are less common than diamond frame Bikes because of the UCI and their decision in the 1930s to ban them from competition. I get that, and I understand it but there’s something that bothers me. The UCI has no control whatsoever over motorcycle design. So how come, with just a few exceptions that there are no mainstresm recumbent motorcycles. And the ones that were tried (BMW c1 and the Quasar) simply did not take catch on. Motorcycle racing in general does not have the stranglehold on the types of motorcycles on the road ( and off-road) that the UCI has on bicycles So does anybody have an explanation for why there are no recumbent motorcycles?
Same with cars, where the seat is like that
People kind of forget handcycles, which are recumbents, exist before bikes.
I did not know that handcycles existed before bikes. You're right, we do forget about them.