Sentences with phrase «damping the road bumps»

The key differences between these two strollers is that the Bob has a lightweight aluminum frame with a good suspension system coupled with the inflatable wheels that help in damping the road bumps.

Not exact matches

There's a new suspension system called Magic Body Control, which reads bumps and undulations in the road ahead, and adjusts the suspension to smother them with perfectly calculated damping.

The air suspension did a slightly better job of damping out small bumps and seemed to transmit less road noise into the cabin, but handling was pretty darn near a toss - up.

Purpose - built Fox Racing Shox are 44 percent larger with 3.0 - inch diameter shock canisters (2.5 inches previously) and nine - stage bypass damping, plus integrated hydraulic bump stops that minimize bottoming - out over rough terrain and deliver smoother ride on the road.

The quality of the damping is such that the car is both tightly tied down to the road surface and composed over bumps, potholes and ridges, meaning the tyres stay firmly pressed into the tarmac at all times.

The passive damping setup is obviously calibrated to work better outside 30 or 40mph limits and with more pace you feel the car riding the road more contentedly, soaking up bumps in that transparent way that only fixed rate dampers seem truly capable of.

The damping is supremely controlled, holding the car in this lovely zone where you're connected to the road completely but it's also absorbing all the nastiest bumps and keeping wheels and body in perfect check.

Sharp bumps do catch the short travel suspension by surprise, while over really rippled tarmac the Up can get a little bouncy, as the damping struggles to contain body movements, but this is only really an issue on the most testing of roads.

It certainly doesn't have damping to match — it thuds over bumps without any effort to absorb them and ridges in the road drag it to and fro.

Only on a bumpy British B - road does the DB11 feel less happy being hustled because although the fundamental balance remains, the rapid fire nature of the bumps means the damping doesn't always have time to really control the long travel between hits.

The fact that the tires are all - terrain instead of being full - fledge mudder rubber help, but the off - road - focused suspension does an admirable job keeping the body controlled when going around turns and bumps are easily damped out.

While the A 250 is well damped and doesn't crash over bumps and potholes, the stiff chassis does tend to follow the road surface.

The base - spec MKT doesn't get the Continuously Controlled Damping, but does a fair job of handling lumps and bumps in the road even without it.

Germany's high - quality roads make judgment difficult, but ride quality seemed excellent, the car soaking up the few sharp bumps we met well, with competent damping.

Set to standard mode (there are separate modes for access and off - road driving), the suspension failed to damp out even small bumps, leading to a bouncy and jarring ride.

Stiffer front spring rates assist noticeably in cornering, while selective damping helps to smooth out road bumps, ensuring ride quality — even on pitted tarmac — is not as harsh as might be anticipated.

In other words, the shock offers a smooth ride around town but provides the proper damping in high - speed off - roading so the 4Runner isn't slamming into its bump stops.

The front suspension decouples the wheel location and damping functions to avoid compromising comfort under high lateral acceleration, allowing the steering to remain as unaffected as possible by bumps in the road.

As for the ride, it swallows most small bumps whole as promised, although the odd clatter across ridges and potholes in Sport suggests that it's the Comfort damping mode you'll mostly want on U.S. roads.

It swallows most small bumps whole, as promised, although the odd clatter across ridges and potholes in sport suggests that it's the comfort damping mode you'll mostly want on Britain's roads.

The Michelin 215 / 55R -17 low rolling resistance all - season tires do an adequate job of holding the road, and bumps and pavement irregularities are damped well by the four - wheel independent suspension which is further aided by the rigid body structure.

The X5 swallows most small bumps whole as promised, although the odd clatter across ridges and potholes in Sport suggests that it's the comfort damping mode you'll mostly want on Britain's exfoliating roads.

It rides wish a soft, squishy nature that soaks up heavy bumps and potholes — but the damping leaves a little to be desired and the ride can become influenced by a jittery subtest on severely pockmarked roads.