Armstrong gets off and walks, shock!
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mr Mag00
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what a strange thought, i suggest you go ride one
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Globalti
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I've borrowed suspension bikes from friends in my MTB club and hated the bouncy feeling. They weigh too much and are always needing repairs to the bushes and shocks because the design constraints mean that the pivots and springs/shock absorbers are placed in positions of enormous stress and wear out fast, unlike on the back of a traditional motorbike where the springs and shocks formed the seatstays and were relatively unstressed.
On top of all this, I recently raced one of our club's downhill aces on his full bounce monster. I was riding my titanium hardtail with a SID fork and we blasted down a rocky half mile of track in the Pennines. I was expecting him to pass me easily but when we reached the bottom he was still behind, rather shocked that he hadn't been able to beat me. Not meaning to boast or anything but it's as much about staying light and picking a course as it is about sitting down and just riding over everything.
On top of all this, I recently raced one of our club's downhill aces on his full bounce monster. I was riding my titanium hardtail with a SID fork and we blasted down a rocky half mile of track in the Pennines. I was expecting him to pass me easily but when we reached the bottom he was still behind, rather shocked that he hadn't been able to beat me. Not meaning to boast or anything but it's as much about staying light and picking a course as it is about sitting down and just riding over everything.
