bryan555
Retrobike Rider
This weekend my mate steve gave me a Cove (a source of many jokes) to ride at Afan.
It came equipped with gears and suspension forks. The gears I knew would make the uphills easier and any flat road speedier. A bonus, but I would have been happy with one gear.
The thing that amazed me were the forks! Having given up on suspension since ditching my rc35s I haven't felt the need. I am rarely unable to keep up on a downhill and often cruise past riders on downhill rigs, I just thought it was a comfort / fashion thing.
After riding the afan trails with 130mm travel up front I can see what all the fuss is about. One can go rather fast without falling off. I hardly needed to touch the brakes, but if I did it wasn't a near death experience!
I'm not planning on buying any suspension in the immediate future, but I think it might catch on...
It came equipped with gears and suspension forks. The gears I knew would make the uphills easier and any flat road speedier. A bonus, but I would have been happy with one gear.
The thing that amazed me were the forks! Having given up on suspension since ditching my rc35s I haven't felt the need. I am rarely unable to keep up on a downhill and often cruise past riders on downhill rigs, I just thought it was a comfort / fashion thing.
After riding the afan trails with 130mm travel up front I can see what all the fuss is about. One can go rather fast without falling off. I hardly needed to touch the brakes, but if I did it wasn't a near death experience!
I'm not planning on buying any suspension in the immediate future, but I think it might catch on...
