In a message dated 5/31/02 3:45:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bikevint@tiac.net writes:
spring helps a bike accelerate - but so does stiffness perhaps - confused? Yes - it is confusing. Its all about the right balance for each rider. Need spring but not too much.
Doesn't it take at least as much energy to "put the spring into the tube" as the amount of spring that is returned? In other words, there's no free luch. No mystic source of energy that automatically bends the tubes into a tensed spring position, I think you have to supply the energy even if it springs back. ??
The power of placebo is often strong.
Glenn Fahey
Herndon, VA