>All my homebuilts (except the first, the wooden recumbent) were > built without suspension. I believe that a large travel undamped suspension > is a danger itself. A short travel suspension rises the bicycle weight and > isn't so effective in street holes (we have lots of them here...) Surely the suspension "costs" me about 700 g and around 4 hours of additional work. But I believe that it takes a lot of stress from the frame and comfort is important for me. But I am curious. Maybe I will build an unsuspended rear part for racing purposes. Greetings to sunny and warm Brazil (10° C maximum today in Erlangen) Jürgen ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org Listmaster: Juergen Mages jmages@xxxxxx ============================================================