Re: Best roadbike for rough pave'?


Werehatrack wrote:
> On 27 Jan 2006 17:11:51 -0800, "Johnny Sunset"
> <sunsetss0003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >You could always use a wheel with a Pantour suspension hub [1] on your
> >current bike, with the caveat that some have reported reliability
> >issues with this hub
> >
> >[1] <http://www.pantourhub.com/>.
>
> That's got to be one of the goofiest ideas I've seen in a long time.
> Where do these inventors find the backing to actually make stuff like
> that?

Ever get blurry vision on a rough downhill? The Pantour hubs improve
handling and comfort greatly on very stiff framed carbon fiber
composite lowracers and on the rear wheel of tadpole trikes.

I remember back in the 1980's in Hawaii getting beaten up on the
downhills on poorly paved roads while riding a borrowed steel frame
Miyata, to the point where I enjoyed the climbs much more than the
descents.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

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