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@TooTallTim
Managed to get an hour in on it earlier in the local woods. I forgot to loctite the grub screw for the HBO adjuster, so had go home and sort that out before it fell off. After that, everything was great. It's incredibly supple and then very supportive through the rest of the travel which is really confidence inspiring. The HBO is genuinely magic, I overcooked a jump deliberately and did a low speed drop to flat, both times the HBO just softened the bottom out perfectly. When I've done the same on a Debonair spring, I either get a horrible thud at bottom out, or never reach full travel but get punched in the arms by the ramp up.
Still need to play with damping but so far it's really nice to feel the adjusters actually doing something, rather than being hidden behind loads of seal stiction. I'm using way more HSC and conversely less LSC than with the old airspring, feels so much better