Originally Posted by Redhatter

I'll keep that in mind. I understood it was always good to keep the tyre pressure up a bit. As I've mentioned previously, I'm actually pretty lax in checking, and they always leak a little bit, so before long they're at the stage of being down the bottom end of their range anyway.

Swapping the seat made a big difference though, as did adjusting the height. I probably have it "too high" according to what recommendations are, but I find having it up high means I get more power when going uphill, at the expense of needing to be on tip-toe when stopped. I'm usually not stopped that long, so this I find is a better compromise.

I've now done close to 100km, and things seem to be going fine. Big bumps I still notice more than I did on the mountain bike or the previous commuter, both of which have front-suspension, there's a few speed bumps on my run and normally I can take these at ~25km/hr without issues. On this bike, I notice them far more.

That said, out of what was available to me, this one had the better frame overall. My biggest annoyance right now is the lack of a stand: that's something I intend to do something about much sooner.