Re: Best roadbike for rough pave'?


Johnny Sunset wrote:
> 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.

Probably because when yer sitting in a 'chair', and cannot use the more
natural suspension of your legs and arms, like on an upright, something
like these 'things' 'may' help.

I think just about any 'upright' would be a better choice than any
'bent on a really rough road.

Tom's been really active recently about many things bicycling by
injecting 'bents this and that. I wonder if he's looking for somebody
to 'challenge' him. Well here ya go Tom. Bents answer no question,
solve no problem when compared to a well fitting upright, double
triangle road bike. They do, however, add some complexity and problems
not found on uprights.



>
> 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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