"The result was that the rebound ended up being so slow that I couldn’t get the bike off the ground, cased a small gap on my first ride and crashed."
This isn't really how rebound damping interacts with jumping. You should be keeping the bike loaded right to the end of the jump (or drop), so rebound damping won't have an effect until you're off the takeoff. If rebound adjustments somehow mess up a jump, you need to look at jump technique rather than the rebound damping itself: could be pre-jumping it and effectively bunny hopping over the lip of the jump instead of using it for boost, resulting in a case.
Could even do some semi-blind testing by having someone else spin the dials and then you try the same jump over and over. I think you'll find that rebound damping doesn't affect* a jump that is hit with good technique.
\* Unless there is a super janky runup and bad damper settings affect traction or balance and don't let you hit the jump with enough speed or in the right direction, but that could be rebound too fast OR too slow.
Aug. 16, 2022, 7:05 a.m. - Justin White
"The result was that the rebound ended up being so slow that I couldn’t get the bike off the ground, cased a small gap on my first ride and crashed." This isn't really how rebound damping interacts with jumping. You should be keeping the bike loaded right to the end of the jump (or drop), so rebound damping won't have an effect until you're off the takeoff. If rebound adjustments somehow mess up a jump, you need to look at jump technique rather than the rebound damping itself: could be pre-jumping it and effectively bunny hopping over the lip of the jump instead of using it for boost, resulting in a case. Could even do some semi-blind testing by having someone else spin the dials and then you try the same jump over and over. I think you'll find that rebound damping doesn't affect* a jump that is hit with good technique. \* Unless there is a super janky runup and bad damper settings affect traction or balance and don't let you hit the jump with enough speed or in the right direction, but that could be rebound too fast OR too slow.