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"Technology is a good thing as it keeps us riding for more years than what we thought when we got into this game."

Really? How old are you? Been riding for close to 40 years ,coming up on my 67th birthday and have not felt the need for a moped. Most of my rides are 3-4 hours and 4-6 thousand feet of climbing. I see a lot of young guys with e-bikes, personally, I'd feel like a slacker.

At 172 cm with an average inseam there are times when I have to manual off a drop while going down a steep incline that I get a serious buzz that can be a bit distracting at a the wrong time. My bike has 435 CS, 455 reach with a slammed 50mm stem so a fairly balanced setup as far as centered,. My other bike is a modern XC bike with a low cockpit and weight forward is my normal stance so I know there are real advantages to having a smaller rear wheel.

Cam,you can argue all you want but I see it as as a moped.

Motor + pedal = moped, not that hard to understand.

Cam,your disappointed that someone disagrees with you?

Personally I'm a bit disappointed that that you're publishing e-moped (call it what you want) content and passing it off as something to keep you amused during this lock-down BS.

At least PB gave us a choice to filter out this crap.

It's not so much about flat prevention but ride quality .As dan_l said ,it feels like 10mm more suspension.On my 80mm XC bike it feels like 20 more with better side wall support too.

I've got a 18' Smuggler that is "overshocked",swapped the Fox 210x50 with a CCDBiL Coil 210x55 to get another 12mm of travel.Kind of a Mini-Sentinel with the fork bumped to 150.With the stock setup I was beating myself up, like Dave said "absolutely worked".Now the bike feels awesome and I don't think it feels "dead" at all.

I think a 50mm stroke coil shock would run out of travel before the spring rate can rise enough to prevent bottom outs without over-springing.I did install a big/soft bottom out bumper but it wasn't needed.

I've used both the regular and plus versions on a 2.6 w 35i rim and would say the plus is too big for your needs.I find the 'Pro" version fills out a 2.6 with plenty of support.

Unfortunately,the actual seat tube angle is slacker than the numbers tell and if you run your post higher than the spot they measured their "effective" angle at it will be under more load.

Grabbing the rear end and tugging it back and forth isn't going give a real world idea of how the bike rides and a little bit of rear end flex can really help keep a bike from being knock around.

BTW the Aggressor only comes in a DC and I think it is a bit too terrain specific to spec IMHO.Works great in the summer hardpack around here but the DHRII seems a no brainer.

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I've tried the Cushcore XC and think it is great with a 2.3 - 2.4 tire on a 25-28mm rim but any bigger and the sidewall support isn't there.

The Exo+ tires have a bit better sidewall support and better cut resistance in my experience but I still run a Cushcore in the rear.YMMV

The LR on my bike is progressive to linear in the last 10mm of travel and adding an offset bushing pushed the travel up 3mm by eliminating that last bit of linearity and gaining a bit more progression to the beginning of the stroke so it can effect the sag to a degree.