Description
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4.3.2
Suspension
A suspension fork has two functions which improve the
floor contact and the comfort: the suspension and the
damping.
Figure 6:
Bicycle without suspension (1) and with suspension (2) when
riding over an obstacle
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1
The suspension prevents an impact, e.g. caused by a
stone lying in the way, from being directed directly into the
rider's body via the fork. Instead, it is absorbed by the
suspension system. This causes the suspension fork to
compress. The compression can be disabled so that a
suspension fork reacts like a rigid fork.
