Originally Posted by kgibbs51
MequonJim et all: Help me out here. Can you recap why you'd buy the Thudbuster and the Telescoping Seat Post? To protect your butt because the Curve's ride is less forgiving than my mountain bike or due to rider height? I'm 5'9" @ 160 lbs.
I suppose I could order them later.
My reason was for increased ride quality. I do have a less expensive alternative for myself which is not as good as the Thudbuster. That is, buy the Telescoping Seat Post, plus a cheap shim for my low quality suspension seat post, which is a 26.8mm Kalloy UNO U.L. System.
However, now I see in the Dahon Curve D3 thread that you tried the Sunrise Cyclery deal and it is out of stock until May. In addition, Yan opened up the adjustable handlebar height solution for the Downtube Mini in 7-10 days.
Now I'm back to being uncertain.