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Cruzbike is a brand of recumbent bicycles based in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States. The company was founded in 2003 and all models are now designed and assembled in the United States. Cruzbike started life in Australia and was featured on the ABC show The New Inventors. 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. 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 a learning curve as there is pedal steer.