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@hippy
Did a longish gravel ride today on the 29er just to get some miles in on it and noticed that for small bumps it seems to do fuck all. I see the bottom of the fork wobbling, like a rigid fork would but don't notice any vertical shock movement. Since I never use the whole travel is it worth doing something like lowering pressure or some other internal voodoo so it might be smoother on little bumps? Oh, it's due its first service so I could spec an oil change or something if that might make a difference? I think it's already running ~9psi below their recommended setting for my system weight.
I'm gonna use this for the AMR so think long distance and I won't be taking any risks on anything technical (read: lots of walking). If I lock it out for the flatter/smoother stuff, I'm thinking comfort over efficiency for when it's in bouncy mode (my hands are the most common thing to get caned on the MTB)