Originally Posted by michael.hendric
....What does everyone think about a bike without front fork suspension?
Bikes with front suspension became popular because people hope they will decrease the problem of numb hands. That doesn't really
work; only taking pressure off the hands will do that--but anyway.
I don't think it really matters what bike you buy, if you get a "normal" upright bike--they are all pretty much built the same, if they're at the same price points. The name-badge is the main difference.
The only matter I would note is that if you get a bike that comes with wider tires (such as a MTB) you can always buy narrower tires for it (as narow as 1-inch slicks) and gain pretty much all the benefits of lighter, narrower wheels. If the bike is only built for narrow tires, you can't put wider tires on it at all.
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