Originally Posted by
Miele Man
I wonder what age you are.
The best place to have suspension when sitting on the saddle is in the rear somewhere. I'm 60+ years old and I ride a lot of trails and some of them are pretty rough although not technically challenging for an expert. the trails have a lot of partly buried rocks and exposed tree roots. I ride those trails on a rigid front and rear mountain bike with 1.5" wide non-knobby tires (but not slicks). If I want more suspension than what I can get by unweghting my saddle when riding then I'll use a wider tire. If a person needs a fair bit of suspension I recommend either a decent sprung saddle or a decent quality suspension seat post.
Cheers
Thanks for the suggestions! We are mid thirties, but I don't think we will be doing anything to crazy. At least I won't, we will see about the hubby. Anyway he knows his limit with the bike so I'm not to worried.
I did not think about a spring saddle, so you can add that?