David,
I won't say I am unhappy with the Thornton; quite the contrary. As far as the damping goes, I'm no expert but I do take corners at a fair tilt from time to time. There are a few corners around here with some nasty dips and these shocks handle them very well. There's also a particular road with a long stretch of "washboard" surface. Neither end leaves the ground at any point, no matter the speed.
Overall, the most annoying thing with this bike is the seat height/downward slant. I do plan to visit an upholsterer to see what could be done to create a dip in the seat to give my butt a better perch, thus to mitigate the forward-slide effect. Maybe that would do it.
Thanks
Gary
I won't say I am unhappy with the Thornton; quite the contrary. As far as the damping goes, I'm no expert but I do take corners at a fair tilt from time to time. There are a few corners around here with some nasty dips and these shocks handle them very well. There's also a particular road with a long stretch of "washboard" surface. Neither end leaves the ground at any point, no matter the speed.
Overall, the most annoying thing with this bike is the seat height/downward slant. I do plan to visit an upholsterer to see what could be done to create a dip in the seat to give my butt a better perch, thus to mitigate the forward-slide effect. Maybe that would do it.
Thanks
Gary