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Tern Verge D9 or Link D8? (lemmynsfw.com)

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I'm looking for a folding bike and the two I'm considering most closely are the Tern Verge D9 and the Link D8.

I like that the Verge D9 has disc brakes and I have a strange attraction to its 451 wheels.

The Link D8 has a wider variety of compatibile tires but I don't prefer V-brakes.

Do you know a strong reason to choose one over the other? A strong reason I should be looking at something else entirely?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Excuse me but.. how did you put a suspension post on that? The pics show a single continuous, long seat post. The suspension posts I'm aware of aren't that long. Did you do some tube-in-a-tube expletive?

Thanks for all the info!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Great question. It's fairly easy, but needs an extra component.

Tern has a product called the telescopic seatpost, which allows you to use more conventional 27.2 mm seatposts, since the telescopic post is in two parts (the lower half goes into the bike's frame).

Then I got the Suntour SP12 NCX, and replaced the top half of the telescopic seatpost with that.

Installed and saddle, and that's it.

It really helps to smooth out jolts, and find it much more comfortable when riding on a bike with smaller tires.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Beautiful, so they sell you the pipe to put the other pipe in. Nice. 😄 And yeah, I ride suspension post too. Kinekt in my case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Awesome! They make a nice suspension stem, too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Is the Suntour damped or just a spring?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

It uses an internal (adjustable) spring, and the design allows the saddle to pivot back, rather than up and down. This keeps your leg length to the cranks the same throughout the motion.

It's very comfortable, and almost no maintenance (you lube the spring every once in a while).

When I got it, it was just over $100, which was way cheaper than any of the other high end suspension posts. I think it's gone up at least $50 since then, but that's still a good value. LOL