Are Shock Absorbing Components Gimmicks?
04-16-20, 09:43 AM
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Wider tires vs frames:
see that the Trek Domane with the IsoSpeed frame also has 32mm tires.
How much of the shock absorbtion is the wider tires and how much is the frame?
It would be interesting to mount 25mm and test ride it. But I expect that it also has the wider rims, so even 25mm would be effectively wider..
see that the Trek Domane with the IsoSpeed frame also has 32mm tires.
How much of the shock absorbtion is the wider tires and how much is the frame?
It would be interesting to mount 25mm and test ride it. But I expect that it also has the wider rims, so even 25mm would be effectively wider..
04-19-20, 08:39 PM
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I've driven cars that had bad shocks for at least 15 years before I got them, and other than occasionally bottoming out I lived with it a while. Springers are as far as I've gotten on bikes.
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