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From: Vancouver, Washington and Ocean Shores, Washington, USA
Bikes: 2 - 2007 Custom Bike Fridays, 2 - 2009 Bike Friday Pocket 8's, Gravity 29'er SS, 2 - 8-spd Windsor City Bikes, 1973 Raleigh 20 & a 1964 Schwinn Tiger
We have them on our custom Fridays (Crusoe & NWT) and they work great with the 1.35" tires we like on those bikes. We do use Elastomers one step above those Cane Creek recommends - At 200lbs I use Black/Black and at 160lbs the wife uses Blue /Black - otherwise the ride is too spongy. I would have to say we hardly notice their effect, but riding behind my wife I can see her saddle travel a considerable distance when she goes over a bump.
On the other hand, our Bike Friday Pocket 8's with their stock 1.75" Kenda tires, feel pretty much the same as the custom bikes, which means that the wider tires work similarly as shock absorbers.
I also have an older ThudBuster LT on my 2005 Dahon S1. On it I use a Blue/Black elastomer combo to get the same dampening as Black/Black on the newer LT. (The S1 is a rougher riding bike than the Fridays - it's needs the ThudBuster even though it has 1.75" Tioga Pool Comp Tires.)
Lou
Last edited by Foldable Two; 06-25-10 at 06:10 PM.