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I've been away for a while, so not checking regularly for a couple weeks, so I spent a couple hours trying to catch up, prolly 12 or so pages the content and tone of comments has changed drastically in the last year. I can only assume with increased users and engagement, which has brought along with it, a much more negative and judgy tone. I was drawn to this comment section for the rumours and innovation (and spy shots, and great info from the likes or TEAMROBOT, Cascade, Dave, and many others) but I find myself turned off by the...

from jason's vital review which has exactly what you're asking..... "include tighter writing, more of the reviewer's personal voice, way less mealy language of it's claimed it might it may." to not include the marketing claims from a brand in a review seems the wrong way to go. putting down a brand's claim with a reviewer's experience could justify or negate the marketing hype. isn't that the whole point of the review? to see if the brand/bike is full of shit or not?

"I'm disappointed in all of us here" Have a listen to yourself. People are entitled to opinions that differ from yours.

Argument boils down to managing travel through spring rate or damping. Speci is saying that you can go light spring and light damping because of this psa thing in the genie. X2 will be crammed full of tokens which will negate the volume but yeah you’ll have a better damper (might as well be a float x.) But to allow for high volume (no tokens) with less bottom out you’ll have to crank up the damping. Now you’ve got a harsher overall ride than the genie as the damper is working a lot more. this is just theory and I...

ALSO: I feel like speci might have been trying to achieve in the shock what the cascade link was able to achieve with higher leverage and more progression. Also if I were speci I would account for cascade coming through with a link that will satisfy the riders that want more progression. I can focus on the majority who will drop major coin on a bike that rides sick for the majority, and let cottage industry develop solutions for the edge case riders.

The fact they spec their most aggressive model with the Ohlins coil and 38 tells you it will ride just fine with a properly tuned shock with enough damping.