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It's as much about adjusting your riding to getting the most out of a bike's design than anything else.
That's what I noticed about the hardtail guy explaining how in the old days you'd drop down something with your arse over the back wheel and now you are way more forward.
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No getting away from it being relatively short travel design. I got the Hightower wrong- it’s 140/150 so my 135/150 is closer than I had said.
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Dammit
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Ah so a like the Trek floater (there were some aother floating shock designs too I think). Effectively means you can have two leverage ratios and so can tune the curve. Clever but saying it performs like a 150 "conventional" is pure marketing. That progressive, bottomless feel is how most trail/enduro bikes are tuned to feel nowadays, IE good!
I think it's hard to get a shit production MTB now. It's as much about adjusting your riding to getting the most out of a bike's design than anything else.