gwsaltspring
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I'm curious as to the bike suspension preferences of the forum members.
Greg
Greg
Sure its a smoother ride but the bike is taking much more punishment than without it.
Totally agree. Plus more stuff to break down at some point. In eVehicle design, priorities are safety, comfort and reliability, before speed and distance.29a said:<snip>encourages you to go much faster over rough roads, and through pot holes you wouldn't do without it.
Sure its a smoother ride but the bike is taking much more punishment than without it.
xyster said:Hmmm...the stuff on the bike like battery connections, nuts-n-bolts and the human rider take a lot less abuse with suspension.
fechter said:One problem with suspension is it limits the places where you can attach batteries, motors, ets. A hub motor can solve the motor placement problem, but you still need to haul a bunch of batteries around.
29a said:xyster said:Hmmm...the stuff on the bike like battery connections, nuts-n-bolts and the human rider take a lot less abuse with suspension.
Yes but IMO the wheel is taking far more abuse than without suspension (through reduced feedback).
The (pain) feedback is nessesary to limit how much damage you are doing to your bike. Nearly all the new bikes coming out have suspension but there doesn't seem to have been any redesign of the frames/wheels to absorb this extra shock damage.
BTW how much weight are you able to carry on your rear rack?
Mathurin said:The point of the original tape was to prevent non-gloved hands from slipping off the bars when they get sweaty. You can still get tape like that, but there's a reason the stuff on pretty much all new drop bar bikes is made of thickish compact spongy material; it feels nicer to ride around with.
If ya want to get *really* old-school, I was looking at grips today that are made up of leather "washers" threaded as a "stack" onto the bars... $99Cdn.
Lock said:I lived w/a leather worker for a while who did custom work at home... (but lets not go there)