Seatpost suspension- opinions?

[TonyMelton]

Does anyone actually ride with a suspension seatpost? The only person I
know of with suspension in his seatpost is George Barnes. I wonder
whether the compression of the suspension would have an odd effect on
the ride characteristics of a uni. By this I mean that the distance from
the seat to axle changes on compression and rebound. I guess, like most
things, its something that you could get used to.

Which form of seatpost suspension is better - the vertically travelling
RockShock or the parallelogram elastomer dampened Thudbuster? (See
Unicycle.com for pix.) My guess is that the Thudbuster would have less
'sticktion' than the RockShok and would be more responsive/active
suspension.
I wonder how well the Thudbuster would stand up to all the
side-to-side twisting that a unicycle is subjected to, when it is
designed to move in one direction only on mtn bikes.

Any ideas/comments/thoughts/red herrings welcome!


Tony

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[U-Turn]

The only thought I have is that you can only use one if your legs are
long enough. GB has plenty of room!


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[teachndad]

Years ago, I thought I remember reading that you could take apart the
thudbuster and then rebuild it so it is upside down and somehow that
would make it fit into the down tube easier or something like that.

Time may have altered my memory, though. Just tryin to help.


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[andrew_carter]

I can't understand why anyone would want seatpost or frame suspension
for a muni. Personally I stand up for anything rough and have never
felt the need for suspension when sitting down. I reckon any suspension
that's responsive (probably the wrong word to use) enough to do anything
on not-too-rough ground would be unaccepably weak.

Andrew


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[XWonka]

I think Kris Holm uses a suspension post. I could be wrong though, i
think i can just barely remember him mentioning this once.


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[Rowan]

I vaguely remember John Foss saying he has a thudbuster on one of his
unicycles (in the Uni-count thread). When are some real suspension users
going to reply to this thread? I am curious too. I contemplated it, but
decided I wouldn't need suspension, as there is plenty of flex in the
tire and airseat, which act a bit like shock absorbers anyway. The
thudbuster seems to take a huge amount of room under the seat, like
U-turn says, I think you'd need long legs for it to be feasable.


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