Re: speed humps, will they damage my bike

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From: Thomas H. Kunich
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 02:29

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In article <alanf.720229445@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> alanf@cs.monash.edu.au (Alan Grant Finlay) writes:
>Every morning I have to negotiate a speed hump at the bottom of a hill.
>I really hate braking to take it comfortably as I could use the speed on
>the other side.  My question is: will this damage my bike, in particular
>the headset?  My body is quite able to take the hump at speed, out of the
>saddle with my weight shifting back and forth to minimise the strain on
>both me and the bike.

just out of curiosity, why don't you just bunny hop the thing? I don't
have any problem hopping over manhole covers and whatnot. Speedbumps
are child's play.

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