Originally Posted by
koala logs
In the saddle, the vast majority of the time but even out of the saddle makes no difference. I also have seat post suspension, the Suntour one with damper and travel limiter. The seat post suspension does its job perfectly in comfort and keeps me from bouncing around. My main issue is feeling the bumps on my feet. Makes it feel harder to pedal.
I have 35mm tires inflated to 35 front / 45 back psi. No issues whatsoever on the front end. Arms totally fine, it's my feet and pedaling that suffers on washboard sections.
If you are not bottoming out, you could go lower in PSI, but that is a good spot for a 35mm tire (lower gets squishy and vague).
A mountain bike would be a good bet. 50mm tires at 25-30psi would work well. No real downside to mega tire clearance, but if I'm going bigger than 50mm I'm on a mountain bike (- although who needs to bikes? ;-)