The suspension forks I see on comfort bikes seem especially heavy and bouncy. Better to learn to absorb the small bumps by "floating" an unsuspended bike over them with the help of elbows and knees and lifting the butt off the saddle.
Agree 100%. I thought the ride on my road bike was going to be very harsh on brick streets (we have a lot of them in downtown Tampa) compared to my hybrid, but I was wrong. After I learned how to take on bumpy roads on the road bike, it is actually nicer than riding the hybrid on bumpy roads.