Fully agree that the Arrival needs no added compression support for pedaling. I'm more than happy pedaling the bike wide-open. Mostly I use the middle mode on the Kitsuma so I can get the rear end to engage less on lower speed traverses. Once it's wide-open and I'm pumping the bike, it wants to shoot forward and gain speed quickly. The "trail" mode is like a check on that. My sense is that the dual tuned damper circuits on the Eleven-Six shock function similarly, while cutting out the initial harshness that some folks perceive when running low sag numbers on an air shock.
Oct. 25, 2022, 12:09 p.m. - gubbinalia
Fully agree that the Arrival needs no added compression support for pedaling. I'm more than happy pedaling the bike wide-open. Mostly I use the middle mode on the Kitsuma so I can get the rear end to engage less on lower speed traverses. Once it's wide-open and I'm pumping the bike, it wants to shoot forward and gain speed quickly. The "trail" mode is like a check on that. My sense is that the dual tuned damper circuits on the Eleven-Six shock function similarly, while cutting out the initial harshness that some folks perceive when running low sag numbers on an air shock.