Levi81

Still a little confused about "zone 1", as sag is at 25-30%, 0-10% travel will only occur upon landing from full suspension extension or on the rebound of pumping. It seems no matter the case 0-10% will be a very short interval of time, seeing as even just weighting the bike in a sag test uses more than twice the travel, or when landing from a jump or drop the bike will generally go deeper into its travel. I like the idea of zone-specific damping, but it seems this first zone with no compression damping isn't a major change from any other new RS shock. Seeing as the first 10% of a shock's travel happens very quickly when you're actually riding.

This thing has to be so heavy, and why 190mm of travel? If it is being marketed as a trial bike then it shouldn't have dh travel, instead a lively, lighter weight suspension platform, plus it would be lighter weight and more appropriate for a "trail bike". I feel as if riders aren't going to really utilize that much travel, for example professional rider Phil Kmetz rides a gt force, he rides very aggressively and tempts many stunts most won't consider on a DH bike, and Phil is riding on 170mm front and rear. The TBA weight also has me concerned, I would guess that this thing weighs north of 38lbs. based off of the components and frame design.