Cruzbike

Cruzbike
Manufacturer Cruzbike
Cycle line recumbent bicycles
Introduced 2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Status In production
Website www.cruzbike.com

Cruzbike (/ˈkruːzˌbaɪk/ CROOZ-byke[1]) is a brand of recumbent bicycles based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. The company was founded in 2005 and all models are now designed in the United States and manufactured in Taiwan. Cruzbike started life in Australia and was featured on the ABC show The New Inventors.[2] It is fairly unusual in that it makes a front-wheel drive recumbent bicycle with a Moving Bottom Bracket (MBB). The bottom bracket is the piece that the pedals attach to, and in this case it moves (or pivots) left and right with the front wheel when steering the bicycle.[3] This design allows for better climbing ability (due in part to some involvement of the upper body as well), and eliminates "heel strike" on turns, but comes with (for some people) a slightly longer learning curve as there is a pedal-steer effect.

  1. ^ "S40 2021 Rear and Under Seat Rack Installation | CRUZBIKE". YouTube. May 17, 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "CRUZBIKE−invented by John Tolhurst". ABC New Inventors. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Quest review". Bentrider online. Retrieved 25 October 2015.