Lol, I wondered how long it would take...But in all seriousness I have a lot respect for engineers and the guys at SRAM, theres a local office in my town. But my personal experience has me going back to Shimano or Magura, just personal preference. The Avid/SRAM brakes that gave me the best reliability were old BB7's. Juicy's with horrible feel and reliability, Guides with their lever issues, my old Codes were finicky, my friends Levels with inconsistent bite...to each their own.

Good thing SRAM is doing their Level best to Guide us and de-Code the secrets of braking. That’s some Juicy info to gobble up.

Genuinely curious, what’s an appropriate time to say anything about who won? Your original post was about 12hrs after I found out who won watching the replay. If I watch the news 12 hours after a football or baseball game I’d expect to see spoilers going to a news site.

Then go watch the race first before coming to any of these sites.

I'd love a PUSH a shock, but I'm a heavy rider and can't get a spring rate that would work. Next best option for me was a custom tuned DVO Topaz.

You definitely won't mistake it for a long travel bike. It tracks really well and doesn't dive under braking the same way as a normal fork. It is sensitive to the direction of the impact, slapping the front wheel down off a drop gives more feedback than normal. When you get on a fast and chunky section of trail it comes alive though. it has some compromises but I've been really happy with it. I added a couple of volume spacers in each air spring, allowing me to run a little less initial pressure and keep bottoming resistance. It has the rally car type feel as opposed to a trophy truck/plow mobile.