02 December 2018

Suspension Of Disbelief

I've never owned a full-suspension bike.  My Jamis Dakota and Bontrager Race Lite mountain bikes had telescoping front forks, but no suspension built into the frame.  Perhaps if I had kept with mountain biking longer than I did (I stopped about 15 years ago), I might have such a setup now.

These days, my suspension consists of the sprung saddle on my Fuji commuter/beater--and my joints.

Folks like Jan Heine will tell you that you don't need suspension if you ride the right tires.  He's right:

2 comments:

  1. Is this one of those new fangled tubeless setups?

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  2. Coline--Yes. And it's the reason I'm not switching over to tubeless: I'd rather deal with inner tubes than springs!

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