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@freeridejerk888: I did, what a strange assumption. I already said DVO is far from perfect, the OTT setup is a real headache if you are used to the normal way of setting/measuring sag and must be done individually for each rider. But after I pushed through the learning curve I am now completely on board with the system. My setup now almost sags under the weight of the bike, which sounds bonkers but is bliss to ride. As for stickiness from new, it seems many manufacturers are leaning towards tighter bushing tolerances and riding a line where sometimes they will go too far or need to be broken in before they feel right. Is that a good thing? maybe, maybe not.

Looks like he had a run of bad luck and for whatever reason the DVO was his breaking point, there is no writeup of the brand new Fox or Öhlins that failed on him. There are definitely quality issues that need work (self winding OTT being the most relevant), but as for breakaway stiffness I would guess that is people not setting up the OTT properly (counting "clicks" instead of rotations/adjusting with air in the system) or not servicing their lowers frequently enough which has a significant effect on these forks.

@ka81: https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/20857270/ In my "mobile" album

@Mtbdialed: sounds like a dodgy unit or you're not letting air out before adjusting it, there are no detents so any clicking is the spring torquing up then slipping.

@mininhi: @mininhi: that is the only downside for me, impossible to tune before I realised the problem. But a few holes in the adjuster and a split pin and it's been set and forget. The only fork I've been able to get both plush and supportive without a custom tune (@63kg/140lbs) I like it so much I now have 2, but the 2nd got the split pin treatment as soon as it was out of the box.