Brian, in general I wasn’t thinking the products would be lighter weight but rather that the flex profiles would be tuned to be more forgiving so a lighter rider would have the same net experience as a heavier rider.
Maybe a better way to think of it is having stiffness rankings and then a recommended rider weight the way we do air pressure spring rate charts. You can run a softer or firmer rate but here’s what is recommended.
Likewise with a longer travel R7, I wasn’t thinking it would explode if a 200lb rider was on it, just, like the example of the old 150mm travel Fox 32, it would kind of suck for a heavier rider.
Jan. 16, 2023, 6:29 p.m. - Andrew Major
Brian, in general I wasn’t thinking the products would be lighter weight but rather that the flex profiles would be tuned to be more forgiving so a lighter rider would have the same net experience as a heavier rider. Maybe a better way to think of it is having stiffness rankings and then a recommended rider weight the way we do air pressure spring rate charts. You can run a softer or firmer rate but here’s what is recommended. Likewise with a longer travel R7, I wasn’t thinking it would explode if a 200lb rider was on it, just, like the example of the old 150mm travel Fox 32, it would kind of suck for a heavier rider.