I bought this bike couple of weeks ago. Completed ~450KM now.
My observation so far - initially the seating position of this bike strained my back a lot. The position is upright especially compared to earlier bike - splendor NXG. Now I feel comparatively better, I hope it is just a matter of getting used to it.
I went for this bike mainly for two reasons - reliability of the engine and the [lower] height of the bike. Looks like both of these factors are satisfied, hence I am happy with it.
One of the advantage of this bike is that - the torque is distributed evenly across rev range, unlike splendor which peaks its torque at below half of its rev range (4500 RPM). This bike peaks at around 75% (6000 RPM). What this means is - The engine doesn’t scream suddenly when I rev up. Because of this, I can easily drive (without much screaming) at 20KMH to 40KMH at 3rd gear, and fourth gear gives plenty of room to rev up from 40KMH onward.
Headlight is powerful but the default bulb emits dull light and the default beam setting is also not satisfactory. The high beam is so high that it falls on some trees or buildings rather than the road. Of course these problems should be easy to fix, by replacing the bulb and adjusting the reflectors. I am planning to get these things done during the first service.
The tires seem to be loosing air quickly as compared to my earlier bike. I hope this too will be fixed after the first service.
The gears were not smooth initially (as any other bike), now they seem to be fine.
My default idle setting was too high, but changing this is not a big deal, hence I changed it myself.
In the cold mornings this bike requires starter, but later in the day it can start without starter. I had good results by warming up the bike for 1-2 minutes by idling with little bit of throttle. Other wise the bike would not respond properly to throttling for some time. I learnt that reving up the cold engine is bad for any engine, so one need not bother about this as well.
Lack of auto start and fuel gauge are not a problem for me, as I don’t trust both of them anyway. I don’t even think it would bother others, since it is usually tech-minded people who go for this bike rather than people interested in sporty bikes or city riders.
I got a mileage of 60-64 KMPL, which is decent considering the 106cc engine and also the usual initial reluctance of the engine to work smoothly. After the first service I am expecting 65 and above, hope it doesn’t disappoint me.
Overall its definitely a good choice for serious commuters. The bike looks a bit old fashioned, and one of my friend called this as "uncle bike" :). But my opinion is that the current sporty looking bikes are not durable, and it is meant for those who keep changing their bikes every year or two, like smartphones now a days. I am definitely not of that kind, so I believe I chose the correct one.
Also the black alloy wheels which is common now a days loose their luster after couple of months, and they look dull afterwords. The chrome plated spoke wheels of Crux look fresh every time you clean them up, so I am happy with it [The chrome alloy wheels of my NXG definitely look better than spoke wheels, but such wheels do not suite the old fashioned crux, and there is no option for that any way].
So guys, If you wanna own a sturdy commuter bike and can’t afford to buy/ride Bullet or Thunderbid, go for Crux. It won’t disappoint you.