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Would bike suspension be usefull if I ride on road?? |
Would it help or would it be tougher to ride than no suspension? The suspension question would depend on what kind of ride you are looking for on the road. I'm going to assume your talking about mountain bikes or hybrids as road bikes do not come with suspension on them. If you are wanting the ride to be comfortable and are not worried about speed then yes the suspension would be a benefit. The shock whether a hardtail or full suspension would provide some comfort over any type of road surface. The BOB affect which occurs when you pedal and your suspension compresses slightly is almost non existent anymore. You will still feel this on big box bikes (walmart, target ect ) but buying a bike from a bike shop you should not see much of this if at all. On older full suspension bikes this could be very annoying just riding on the road as you would litterally see people bouncing up and down on their full suspension bikes. Shocks are built better today and many of them come with lockouts for stiffening the shock when you are riding on smooth surfaces. Except for a newly paved blacktop surface there are no completely smooth roads so the suspension will always provide some benefits for comfort. If you are wanting to go as fast as possible and want a lightweight bike then stay away from a suspension. Now the reason you would not want suspension is that each time the suspension activates to compensate for a bump you lose a little bit of your momentum. If you are riding a fully rigid bike you will feel more of the bumps but will be slowed down less by those bumps than if you were riding a bike with suspension. The suspension also adds weight to the bike, weight will affect your speed on the bike. If you are talking mountain bikes on the road you can have a give an take situation, the bike is more comfortable with suspension but a little slower. So this comes down to preference and riding style. suspensoin helps with some manuverability but without suspension it really lets you feel the road it depends on what kinda bike you got if its a chopper no suspensoin but if its a sport bike suspension is the way to go Suspension is the best for riding off-road. One reason is that if you do go off-road with out any kind of suspension( i.e. Front Shock) then you have the risk of breaking you fork! I would suggest you buy a bike with at least a Front Shock. ANY suspension is helpful. even the cheap bikes at walmart have suspensions on them. if any it makes for a smoother ride even if the components of the suspsension are inadequate. what kind of roads? if they're really bad then sure, if it's all smooth blacktop or bike path, why bother? yes it'll slow you down a bit, especially front or rear shocks, especially when you stand to pedal. if comfort is the problem you have other options - padding for your handlebars, seats with thicker padding or even springs, maybe raising your handlebars to take weight off of your hands. Benefits coming from suspension are outweighed by disadvantages if riding on the road unless you ride in 3rd world countries. It sucks a minute amount of your energy and added weight slows you down. I have a lockout on my suspension so I can compare both with or without suspension on the same bike. There is minimal benefit in the comfort department on the road. No.... you would just get peddal induced bob. It will make your bike heavier, you won't benefit of plushness. It depends on what your want to ride. If you're more into confortable riding around town, probably a hardtail will serve you well (only with suspension at the front), since you could lead sometimes off road and still be ok. But full suspension is more than you need, and probably just be heavier. |
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