Marcus:
1) can you explain the terminology of hanging up or down in the stroke? thus, if the fork is hanging 'low' in the stroke is the wheel closer or or further from the mudguard than it should be? i think it means further (ie suspension fully extended)
2) to what extent can we get away from the "suggested" spring rates by running too soft springs with slightly more preload?
3) can we get around running these slightly off spring rates by valving and clicker settings, or do we quickly end up in a whole load of trouble, especially in the rebound department?
i think we went through number 1 when i was figuring my oil levels, but i never really grasped it so please go slow.....for example with the fork you can offset bottoming because of a weak spring/weak compression by adding more oil and letting the airspring take over. conversly, if your fork spring/ compression are too stiff we can hopefully run less oil to get more useful travel from the fork and rely less on the airspring....which one of these senarios is the worst case, or are they both as bad as each other? and i also assume one of these extreames is what causes this "mid stroke harshness" we always hear about.
sorry for my drawn out questions, maybe you guys should write a book and then i can leave you all alone! :aj: