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[QUOTE="pobit, post: 1060975, member: 30638"]
I would say it depends on if your a fast rider or a slow rider. Fast guys are more intrested in control than compliance on small stuff so the heavy springs with more low speed keeps the bike from see-sawing at speed and keep the bike level in whooped out turns.  Slow guys feel every bump and prefer soft springs with less low speed and more high speed for when they get in over their heads.  Mushy suspension works for them because they don't ride fast enough to where the see-sawing affects them. As far as spring selection in general, my thoughts are the free sag is more important than the race sag if I have to choose between the two. A typical linkage bike works best when the free sag is around 30mm.This gives the best compliance over bumps and the most grip. If you go too far from this setting the rebound doesn't work and the bike will lose traction by rebounding too fast and the ride feels hard.  Same goes for the front. Not enough free sag and the bike wants to spring back too fast when hitting a bump in turns. If you turn in the rebound to correct for this the fork packs on biggger impacks and gives you a jolt. Dave
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