not anymore...
I have his Wren
That's what was expecting with having to dial up the pressure when using suspension up front
As I've probably mentioned too many times at this point, I'm looking for max cush out of my front setup. I continue to run a Bud (for big volume) on a 65mm Nextie rim for my non-winter setup (the narrower rim being my
only concession to lighter weight/efficiency/speed
). I have the Bud inflated to what for most persons is a "snow pressure": only ~3.5 psi (I'm ~160-5 lbs), which means it compresses quite a bit on trail objects. I feel that after deforming the tire, being undampened "suspension," it springs back to normal size relatively fast. When I've tested my Mastodon (and Wren, for that matter) with a "fast" rebound setting, it seems to add to the tire's rebound and launches the bike into the air when going over obstacles...especially noticeable when I'm going over the obstacles at slower speeds, which is often the case for me. So, I feel like I get the best bump compliance by running the rebound on the slow side -- it keeps me more in touch with the trail. If I were predominently hitting trail obstacles at higher speed (or inflating the tires more?), I think that running the fork with a faster rebound might make sense. Only testing can really confirm what's most suitable, and since the rebound speed can't be changed dynamically based on terrain, speed, etc., you're really trying to find the setting that best suits the
majority of what you encounter. I haven't touched the pressure too much now that I have the sag where I want it...