[spoonrobot]

Originally Posted by yinzerniner

Spoonrobot is kinda talking out his behind with regards to testing making stiffer bikes. I posted this link to the official ISO testing regulations for bicycles earlier:
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:...:-6:ed-2:v1:en

Hey, do you think this test would lead to a stiffer fork? Or no? Bike designers just decided to add hundreds of grams to forks for no reason?


And here's Tom Ritchey talking the deleterious effect of modern testing on fork suppleness. Go right to 34:35 and edify yourself (you should really watch the whole thing).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-gGIqfVB2Y