Originally Posted by cccorlew

With 30mm tires, how harsh can it be? This seems weird, but I think it's smoother than my Cannondale F500 mountain bike turned commuter. The F500 has a suspension shock, granted it's just a spring thing, nothing hogh-tech. But still...

I haven't been on other cross bikes, and I don't know what he's comparing it to, or the surface he's riding, so he may well be right.