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Old 01-15-2007, 03:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
wizardB
 
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Re: hardtail VS fullsuspension, hardtails don't recoil

Michael Dart wrote:
> wizardB wrote:
>>> A properly setup suspension with rebound and compression dampening
>>> should not "recoil."
>>>
>>> Mike

>> A hard tail makes you makes you learn to ride it has no mercy you
>> must position you body properly and handle the bike correctly,It is
>> the only type of bike you should ride when learning to do technical
>> climbing and descending ,once you have learned proper bike handling
>> skills a full squish bike (when set up properly) will enable you to
>> ride faster and farther with more comfort,but if you start with a
>> full suspension bike you will probably never learn proper bike
>> handling skills.

>
> Agreed. I started on a fully rigid bike.
>
> Still it doesn't have anything to do with an improper suspension set up
> causing the bike to "recoil" on the rider.
>
> Mike
>
>

It was the original posters brain that was recoiling not the bike me thinks
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