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No, we haven’t been measuring sag wrong. Any method of measuring sag that is repeatable is an acceptable way to measure sag. As it is something that must be tuned as opposed to setting to a specific percentage, being able to repeatably measure sag is the most important thing. You can do this seated and measuring at the shock just fine. If someone wants to measure it with a whole bunch of kit that’s fine, but telling everyone they are wrong and do it wrong is silly. It is definitely worth noting that on more progressive bikes you shouldn’t be...

There are most definitely more issues. There is a change in LAW and regulation moving forward of the EU using Eitas system more accurately tracking visitors days. (no more hoping the border agent gives up counting all your days with the multitude of entry/exit stamps in your passport. There is a change with having more World Cups in this calendar year. There is a change this year in scheduling in having more "inconvenient" (from a travel logistics perspective) one week gaps. There is a change in the level of professionalism and pressure in results from the top World Series teams...

So it's the same for Europeans who come to the US, except there's very few world series races in the US so that point has zero relevance? And nothing has changed except for more races in Europe which require people to be there longer and now have to deal with this time limit? Got it.

Not true, I've got a murmur and it climbs great. Progressive not regressive.

Specialized and Canyon have added a connecting rod or horst joint, call it what you want but they are copying Ancillotti's PullShock system. And it seems to work considering the results