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Regular bike vs shock fork front bike on city streets ?
Compared to a stock bike with no shocks:
Does a bike with shock fork on front only or mountain bike with stocks - front &rear, afford any noticeable improvement for absorbing bumps for street or side walk riding - about 15 miles one trip ? (Poor , much uneven pavement, many smaller pot holes , many bumps) If so, for city use, must shocks be expensive & require need to change to narrower slick tires considering only occasional off road use ? I assume the shocks & tire design must be effective for rough deeper uneven off road terrain. Are they of any significant & noticable improvements in soaking up shock for many smaller uneven surfaces in streets & sidewalks? |
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:34:10 +0000, gregdowns wrote:
Are they of any significant & noticable improvements in soaking up shock for many smaller uneven surfaces in streets & sidewalks? If your commute involves really rough stuff like cobbles, I suppose a hybrid with an "urban" suspension fork could help--they're made by Rock Shox and others and are smaller and lighter versions of the off-road shocks. If it's simply broken pavement, you might be better served with a hybrid, city bike, or other type of rigid bike that has good quality tires like Schwalbe Marathons or Continental Top Touring in an appropriate width. You'll feel some of the bumps, but learn to stand when needed so you don't get jolted too bad. Full suspension mountain bikes with narrow tires are always an option--but I don't personally find them very comfortable for long journeys on road. An inexpensive mtb with a suspension fork and mounted with city tires will probably be your most affordable alternative--but it wouldn't be my first choice as far as elegance. I ride my road bike with 28mm tires on nasty broken pavement around here and find it perfectly comfortable--so each persons vibration threshold is different. |
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The purpose of the shock is to keep the wheel on the
ground, comfort is secondary. The cost in lost effort pedaling uphill is noticeable. Over a fifteen mile distance the limited positions available with a straight handlebar gets to the neck, shoulders, and arms. I've got a steel frame road bike with drop bars and 35mm tires. It works fine for the riding you describe. It handles grass, fire trails, little potholes and uneven pavement. When the bumpiness gets real bad I lift my butt off the saddle a bit to save my lower back. I bought it after a season of biking with my mountain bike on the road. Hank's pair of pennies wrote in message ... Compared to a stock bike with no shocks: Does a bike with shock fork on front only or mountain bike with stocks - front &rear, afford any noticeable improvement for absorbing bumps for street or side walk riding - about 15 miles one trip ? (Poor , much uneven pavement, many smaller pot holes , many bumps) If so, for city use, must shocks be expensive & require need to change to narrower slick tires considering only occasional off road use ? I assume the shocks & tire design must be effective for rough deeper uneven off road terrain. Are they of any significant & noticable improvements in soaking up shock for many smaller uneven surfaces in streets & sidewalks? |
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