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Message: [QUOTE="MACE, post: 155465, member: 16716"] [b]Well poop....[/b] If the enduro choices both have light springs, there's not much opportunity to argue:D . My experience with heavy (commonly considered "optimal") springs is that they are too jarring for rootnrocksnruts. Physically painfull after a day or two in the saddle. With "excessive" amounts of preload or low oil levels I can get the same static wheel rate as the heavier springs but the reaction at the bars is less when I roll over that two inch rock. Light damping works in some conditions like rocks but is limited in it's versatility. There [i]will[/i] eventually be a section of nasty whoops and that light valving ain't going to cut the cheese :p in the whoops. Wanna know the damping curve I want? I'll design an inertial valve that reduces damping to near zero under high [b]acceleration[/b]. What this would do is let the wheel move freely when it gets a sudden jolt and then smoothly apply damping as the acceleration spike subsides - arresting further wheel motion but avoiding the spike. All this needs to be is a spring and a mass driving a spool valve or perhaps a needle. Put that in your pipe and take a good drag...... It's interesting to see how many hits these polls get compared to the number of posts. Come on guys. Tell us what you think and more importantly, WHY you think what you do. [/QUOTE]