Originally Posted by
The Historian
Does the suspension seatpost hurt your pedaling? For larger riders such as myself it tends to eat up energy in your pedal stroke. On my cruiser I replaced the suspension with a straight post and immediately saw an improvement in speed.
You might have a point here. I thought it was the cruddy, sloppy, soft-as-butter fork that was eating energy, but it could totally be the seat post. I have it set fairly firm, but I'll swap it out for the straight one and see if I feel (and measure) a difference.