Originally Posted by
Russ Roth
You're correct then, I don't understand the reasoning which is why I prefer not to be positive or negative about them. They seem to have some positivity but I've no experience with them. When my wife was buying her dual suspension 2 years ago some bikes had them and some didn't but none of the sales people could explain why.
The reasoning is to lower your center of gravity for stability and safety when going downhill.
Pretty sad that the the salesman didn't know why. They shouldn't even be employed at the bike shop if they can't answer the simple questions.