Full Suspension

[peter.kidwell]

My main cycling is on road and I only own road bikes(which I use off road)
but I have decided to do more off road cycling and buy a Mtn Bike do I go
for full suspension or front only.
My rides would be about 50 miles on tracks & trails, not on the real tech
stuff.
I think Just front sus. might be ok but everyone in the mags are saying full
sus is much better.??????

PK


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[S o r n i]

Post by peter.kidwell
My main cycling is on road and I only own road bikes(which I use off
road) but I have decided to do more off road cycling and buy a Mtn
Bike do I go for full suspension or front only.
My rides would be about 50 miles on tracks & trails, not on the real
tech stuff.
I think Just front sus. might be ok but everyone in the mags are
saying full sus is much better.??????

You probably don't need ANY suspension (other than that nice big fat front
tire), but if you must have it then go for a hardtail with a decent-quality
fork.

Have you considered a cyclocross bike instead of a mountain bike?

Bill "horses for courses...of course" S.

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[DanTheMusicFan25]

I would say that full suspension gives you the ultimate level of control over a
hardtail, but obviously this comes at a price in relation to the equivalent
hardtail. Still if money is no object than FRS would have to win - except in
terms of weight. A hardtail will virtually always be lighter than the
equivalent full suspension rig. And unless your seriously into XC riding I
would argue that a hardtail will do the job in the majority of cases.

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[Michael J. Klein]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:06:16 CST, "peter.kidwell"

Post by peter.kidwell
My main cycling is on road and I only own road bikes(which I use off road)
but I have decided to do more off road cycling and buy a Mtn Bike do I go
for full suspension or front only.
My rides would be about 50 miles on tracks & trails, not on the real tech
stuff.
I think Just front sus. might be ok but everyone in the mags are saying full
sus is much better.??????
PK

Peter, I have a Giant Yukon which is a daily rider I use on the roads
and backroads here in Taiwan. The Yukon is a hardtail with a Suntour
suspension fork and I'm very glad to have the suspension on the fork.
I'm not sure I would prefer to have full suspension or not, but it
"feels" like the bike is fully suspended when I'm going over rough
terrain or have to hop over something. There is no "pogo" effect when
I'm pedaling and the bike feels rock solid until I hit something
bumpy. I preloaded the front shocks and overall the suspension forks
is great. I have no complaints with fork suspension only.

Michael J. Klein ***@mousepotato.com
Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings
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