Originally Posted by maunakea
F&T, you will soon look on the TB as indispensable if you are now riding a non-sus 406 or smaller bike. It takes away the minor hits and does amazing things with major hits like frost heaves, cracked paving, potholes, tar snakes, pave (add egou e).
Agreed.
My first Dahon Piccolo (Chromoly 4130) was not rideable after 15 miles. I purchased a cheap suspension seat post Dahon offered at the time and was able to do Bike New York (40+ miles ) with no problem. Dahon wanted to make the lightest production bike with the Mu but sacrificed comfort in the process. A mistake.
Once you add the ThudBuster, the Mu now weights about as much as their Chromoly frame folders. I have no problem with my new Dahon Vitesse even though it's aluminum frame because I installed a Brooks Champion flyer.
The new (used) Presto I acquired feels just like my Piccolo after installing their suspension seat post! Yes it's true! My hard Al Presto feels just as good as my Piccolo made of chromoly with the suspension post.