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Hi, I just received a carbon Bronson with a 34 TALAS, 160 FIT CTD w/Trail Adjust on the front and a FLOAT CTD Boost Valve w/Trail Adjust shock on June 27th. My first rides were practicing for the China Peak Enduro on Saturday the 29th then racing on the 30th. Initially the suspension felt responsive (though I never got full travel out of the front), but as the weekend went on I measured a 5psi increase in the fork, a 1.5psi increase in the shock, decreased travel both front and rear and a "sticky" almost dry feeling in the fork. By the time I got home Sunday night both the fork and shock felt almost locked out. Is this break in period behavior or something? (note: I reduced the pressure in both and reset them to my initial sag settings before riding again). Last week I took it out for a few more rides and have continuously had to remove pressure from the front in an attempt to get all of the travel. I live in Santa Barbara and ride decently fast, weigh 140# and still can't get the last 1.5" out of my fork. I've gotten to the point where I've reduced the air pressure in the fork to the point where it's starting to feel divey and under sprung. Additionally the high speed compression damping on the shock feels really rampy/sharp in the beginning of travel when hitting rocks/jumps in the trail. The bike almost feels like a hardtail. It's not that the bike is rebounding quickly after moving through travel, it feels like the bike isn't compressing at all during fast small hits. Also, going off of drops, the rear feels like it has too much high speed rebound damping. To compensate I've had to run almost no low speed rebound (2 clicks on) which makes the bike more bouncy and prone to understeer. Any suggestions/ideas? I've heard the new negative spring in the fork is too stiff for lighter riders to get full travel, any plans to help those of us who don't weigh 180#? Thanks~

Hi, I just received a carbon Bronson with a 34 TALAS, 160 FIT CTD w/Trail Adjust on the front and a FLOAT CTD Boost Valve w/Trail Adjust shock on June 27th. My first rides were practicing for the China Peak Enduro on Saturday the 29th then racing on the 30th. Initially the suspension felt responsive (though I never got full travel out of the front), but as the weekend went on I measured a 5psi increase in the fork, a 1.5psi increase in the shock, decreased travel both front and rear and a "sticky" almost dry feeling in the fork. By the time I got home Sunday night both the fork and shock felt almost locked out. Is this break in period behavior or something? (note: I reduced the pressure in both and reset them to my initial sag settings before riding again). Last week I took it out for a few more rides and have continuously had to remove pressure from the front in an attempt to get all of the travel. I live in Santa Barbara and ride decently fast, weigh 140# and still can't get the last 1.5" out of my fork. I've gotten to the point where I've reduced the air pressure in the fork to the point where it's starting to feel divey and under sprung. Additionally the high speed compression damping on the shock feels really rampy/sharp in the beginning of travel when hitting rocks/jumps in the trail. The bike almost feels like a hardtail. It's not that the bike is rebounding quickly after moving through travel, it feels like the bike isn't compressing at all during fast small hits. Also, going off of drops, the rear feels like it has too much high speed rebound damping. To compensate I've had to run almost no low speed rebound (2 clicks on) which makes the bike more bouncy and prone to understeer. Any suggestions/ideas? I've heard the new negative spring in the fork is too stiff for lighter riders to get full travel, any plans to help those of us who don't weigh 180#? Thanks~