True wrt to pure strength, but that's not what I'm arguing for here. I am arguing for strength balance and muscular control, two things that are important for mtb'ing and different from pure or brute strength. Strength training can be about a lot more besides adding muscle mass and building peak strength.
And yes, more cynical about certain things than most, but a lot of that comes from watching and learning about the environment that I'm in and how systems and structures affect our world.
Edit: I don't disagree with your point about people benefiting from steering damping, but how effective it is, what the overall costs to mtb performance are, what the costs to the consumer are and most importantly at what point it becomes useful have yet to be determined. Riding motorcycles I know full well the benefits of a steering damper, which is why I have to question whether most riders are going to see any sort or real performance benefit even if they can "feel" something happening.
Oct. 30, 2022, 6:50 p.m. - Mark
True wrt to pure strength, but that's not what I'm arguing for here. I am arguing for strength balance and muscular control, two things that are important for mtb'ing and different from pure or brute strength. Strength training can be about a lot more besides adding muscle mass and building peak strength. And yes, more cynical about certain things than most, but a lot of that comes from watching and learning about the environment that I'm in and how systems and structures affect our world. Edit: I don't disagree with your point about people benefiting from steering damping, but how effective it is, what the overall costs to mtb performance are, what the costs to the consumer are and most importantly at what point it becomes useful have yet to be determined. Riding motorcycles I know full well the benefits of a steering damper, which is why I have to question whether most riders are going to see any sort or real performance benefit even if they can "feel" something happening.