Originally Posted by revcp

This is going to come from way out in left field. Last week I did a gravel packing trip with three friends in northeast, Minnesota. We ran into many washboard roads. Oddly, I found that running them at speed was the best way of dealing with them. Granted, I was riding my Salsa El Mariachi with 2.5" tires, so had some float, but taking them fast, riding the crests, was so much better than riding them slowly. Sounds completely counterintuitive, but that was my experience.