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Old 03-03-20, 04:56 AM
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A friend gave me a bike someone had abandoned, which was a custom made Softride model. The seat is on a long bar cantilevered out from near the headset, and that functions more or less like a suspension seat post; and it has a suspension stem.

I rode it around a bit and did one 200k brevet on it. Bouncing on the saddle didn't bother me much as long as I kept my pedal stroke even, and it quickly taught me to do that. I did not like the suspension stem, which had some play in it, but it was just an annoyance. The worst was that I could not take my weight off my feet, and there was no suspension on the pedals; so my feet took a pounding.

While I'm on the subject of suspension, I also tried an old Moulton. I didn't like it much, but that's another story.

I came to the conclusion that big fat tires are the best form of suspension.
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