Originally Posted by
Jipe
Even if some people use it offroad, the Birdy is a road bike and its suspensions are short travel road bike suspensions, not comparable to a mountain bike suspension.
Both Riese & Müller and Pacific Cycles warn that the Birdy isn't made for offroad use.
Of course. I don't use it offroad. I'm talking about road riding. If it was all a smooth race track it would be fine, but roads have cracks, holes, curbs, grates, pebbles, occasional gravel etc etc. The Birdy has too short travel for comfortable road riding for me, though with 44 mm wide tyres it's acceptable. Suspension needs are highly subjective, it depends on the rider, the road, the luggage, etc.