It is tricky to understand what impacts a suspension curve before sag will have. I don't think the top end matters as much as at other points, as by definition you're moving through that portion of the travel fairly easily no matter what. You also need to consider that air shocks tend to do slightly weird things through the first part of travel, as well. I know in the past that some companies have tried to sell certain shock curves as giving "more pop" and whatnot, but I'm not sure I totally buy it.
I do think the changes that happen around sag can have a sizeable impact though. I think what is really going on is that there is more of an impact to changes in pressure on ride height when there's a large bend in the curve around sag, as well as what I pointed out in the review.
June 28, 2021, 4:20 p.m. - Dave Tolnai
It is tricky to understand what impacts a suspension curve before sag will have. I don't think the top end matters as much as at other points, as by definition you're moving through that portion of the travel fairly easily no matter what. You also need to consider that air shocks tend to do slightly weird things through the first part of travel, as well. I know in the past that some companies have tried to sell certain shock curves as giving "more pop" and whatnot, but I'm not sure I totally buy it. I do think the changes that happen around sag can have a sizeable impact though. I think what is really going on is that there is more of an impact to changes in pressure on ride height when there's a large bend in the curve around sag, as well as what I pointed out in the review.