USE SX Suspension Seat Post

Advantages: Good quality components, well built.
Disadvantages: Rather heavy, front suspension.

...Not a bad bike at all, but it's failing is that it can't make up it's mind if it's one thing or the other. It's set up to be a light use MTB / rough towpath bike with semi-knobbly tyres, front suspension and a bouncy seatpost. As a MTB, it's too frail, as a city commuter it's too heavy and bouncy. It's ideal use would be taking the kids for Sunday rides around forestry trails. Using mine for a 10 mile hilly commute, mainly on cycle paths, I felt mine was let down by the front suspension and the poor Tioga tyres. I changed the tyres to semi-slicks which helped, and swapped the seat post to a solid one to which let me put the power down better. The front suspension still made the bike far heavier than it needed to be (36 lb including a rack) and the suspension saps your effort when pedalling hard. Along the flat this wan't too much... Read review

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Advantages: Steel frame gives a compliant ride with plenty of feel
Disadvantages: not the lightest.

...As I'm an existing owner of a P7 already, many people might think the decision to buy a new one was more than a little strange. And I suppose they might be right. Why spend £1,000 on a new bike, when I could upgrade my existing one? Well, for starters, although my existing bike had some nice kit on it, it was getting a little long in the tooth at six years old. The one thing I did like (or rather LOVE) about it though, was the steel frame. While my existing bike was fully rigid, it still flexed enough to make it comfortable and not at all harsh off road. However, I still felt it was time to get front suspension. And so the quest for a new, steel, front susser began. I looked at many other bikes in the price range, but to be honest, there wasn't a lot of choice. Most other manufacturers are using aluminium at this price range... Read review

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Advantages: Comfortable
Disadvantages: Expensive, difficult to maintain, (sometimes) creates a false sense of security

...This is an opinion on a matter I feel particularly strongly about. It is on the subject of Full Suspension Mountain Bikes. You may think this is placed in a completely irrelevant category, but my suggestion of a category has been rejected. Although I do not intend to sound pompous, I obviously cannot understand how my advice on the type of suspension, cannot be of use to consumers who are considering buying a bike. Therefore I have considered all the available categories in the bike section and have made an extremely tenuous link between carriers and suspension. After all, the suspension carries you, doesn't it. I felt that this issue plays a large part when considering the purchase of a bike, so I have posted it anyway. I hope you do find it useful. So onto the opinion... I have seen hundreds of children riding round the streets... Read review

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