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If anything there is a point where on really steep stuff where it can pitch you forward a bit more, if your fork setup is marginal and you're going slow. But that's really steep, slow stuff that's full of steps, that most people don't ride regularly, if at all. And is exactly why everybody in arizona rides a bike with...
I'm running a dreadnought v2 with 470mm reach and 470mm chainstay in mullet configuration. It rips. Corners harder than any of my other bikes, makes traction where there shouldn't be any. Running a relatively high bar position to go with that, 645mm stack, 30mm under the stem and 50mm bars. I'm 6' with long legs. Requires a recalibration of riding...

ntm95 Added a comment about feature MRP Lift Damper Long-Term Review

10/22/2025 8:57am
Personally, at 190 pounds, I found the grip 2 to be quite poor. It had a tendency to "spike" at higher shaft speeds. The x2 was an improvement, and an avy open bath hybrid coil damper was a large improvement upon that.
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Ah, Craig isn’t that bad. He is just a dude that’s lived through 30 years of marketing “experts”. It’d be hard not to become a little salty. It’s one of the reasons I’m asking questions here about the podiums. Historically robot is pretty spot on with his reviews in my opinion. The glowing reviews of the podiums that are out...
I'm sure curious how the podium compares to something like an avalanche hybrid coil zeb, or something similar. I have had an avy hybrid on the same bike as an rxf38m2, zeb 3.1 acs3, and fox 38 x2/secus. It was no contest, the avy hybrid was significantly better in every way. Wonder if the robot has rode anything like that...