Hello,
Sorry if you have seen this before, but I posted it on bicyclesports forum and was looking for a few more answers than I got there. I have a Litespeed (which fits very well, no complaint there), but when riding for distance on chipseal asphalt, the road buzz causes some serious back problems. I had a rather serious back injury about 12 years ago (no fracture, but I herniated a disc and had visible cord compression. The long term effect regarding cycling (after the disc dessicated and shrank) is that my mid back (lower thoracic spine) is rather sensitive to road vibration when I am on my aerobars. I don't seem to have to problem riding my roadbike or riding the LS (saber 2000 model) when on the cowhorns, but on races that are on chipseal (which a lot of roads here in the deep south seem to be), the constant chatter just about kills me after 10 miles or so. My question is, would one of the carbon bikes listed above (kestrel would be fine too, I was just considering moving to 700c wheels so that all my bike wheels would be interchangeable) help to deaden the vibration (have heard at least one person say that the Trek bike beat him to death) or would I be better off with a beam bike (which for most seem to be a love 'em or hate'em kind of thing)?
Just to include all the specifics, I am 6'1" and about 188 lbs. The litespeed has a softride carbon fork with alloy steerer and I race on a HED deep rear/CX front combo with tubulars. stem is a profile with syntace bar setup.
Thanks in Advance,
Lance Faler
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That is just one more group of people that should be thrown screaming from a helicopter- George Carlin
Sorry if you have seen this before, but I posted it on bicyclesports forum and was looking for a few more answers than I got there. I have a Litespeed (which fits very well, no complaint there), but when riding for distance on chipseal asphalt, the road buzz causes some serious back problems. I had a rather serious back injury about 12 years ago (no fracture, but I herniated a disc and had visible cord compression. The long term effect regarding cycling (after the disc dessicated and shrank) is that my mid back (lower thoracic spine) is rather sensitive to road vibration when I am on my aerobars. I don't seem to have to problem riding my roadbike or riding the LS (saber 2000 model) when on the cowhorns, but on races that are on chipseal (which a lot of roads here in the deep south seem to be), the constant chatter just about kills me after 10 miles or so. My question is, would one of the carbon bikes listed above (kestrel would be fine too, I was just considering moving to 700c wheels so that all my bike wheels would be interchangeable) help to deaden the vibration (have heard at least one person say that the Trek bike beat him to death) or would I be better off with a beam bike (which for most seem to be a love 'em or hate'em kind of thing)?
Just to include all the specifics, I am 6'1" and about 188 lbs. The litespeed has a softride carbon fork with alloy steerer and I race on a HED deep rear/CX front combo with tubulars. stem is a profile with syntace bar setup.
Thanks in Advance,
Lance Faler
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That is just one more group of people that should be thrown screaming from a helicopter- George Carlin