Originally Posted by cudak888

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The elastomer rear suspension may be essential to this thing not breaking apart, but it requires a low cadence to keep the whole thing from bouncing. Not as bad as a Wal-Mart mountain bike, but there's no real dampening whatsoever. This is a shopping bike, period. The Raleigh Twenty weighs twice as much* and easily bests the Moulton Mk.1's for a tolerable ride. I know nobody wants to hear that, but that's my take on it.

The novelty of it being a Moulton does compensate, but - in all dead seriousness - that Campagnolo-equipped Huffy LeGrande you're cooking up might actually be a more tolerable ride.

-Kurt

*Exaggeration, but a stock Twenty is a heavier beast by far