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FWIW I solved the TITS noise of brake hoses by threading paracord through the frame, running it parallel with the brake hoses. The cord provides sufficient cushioning / damping to kill the noise. There isn't enough clearance in the frame for the foam tubing.

Pads and rotors are both things easily changed by the end consumer. For the lab data, they should have used either control pads and rotors from someone like Galfer, or used the best available from each OEM. If they wanted to use whatever OEM pads were fitted for subjective on-trail testing that would be fine but you don’t get meaningful lab data with a random spread of pads. Another note that makes me question their testing too: their setup photos for the Maven on the lab test make it look like they may not be applying force to the correct...

Also, websites like this tend to be an echo chamber populated by a minority. The vast majority of people don’t care. I’m 6’3” and honestly, if the post is 170mm+ I don’t even think twice about it.

Dead Silent, no rattle. Interestingly, ours is sprung much firmer that the counter cycles version in all three frequency set ups we've targeted. It's really cool to see others doing their own data acquisition and analysis of the Countercycle one, I hope ours is put under similar security. The specific frequencies we targeted were derived from a great deal of data collection, Fast Fourier Transfer analysis and GPS comparison. Looking at which frequencies were actually felt as negative at a given instance and which were actually part of the ride characteristics of the chassis. It's clear all the options being...

A little bit of grease for sure. A properly designed seal system and stanchion surface finish allows for a microscopic film of oil on the stanchion which is the main thing that lubricates the seal, and comes from your bath oil. This is why foam rings retain oil close to the wiper, but if the oil drains to the bottom grease is much better at clinging to the wiper and maintaining some kind of lubrication at all times. This is also why adding lubrication to the outside of your fork is pointless - the oil inside the fork should be...