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IIRC, she posted a clip of her ripping on her downhill bike a few weeks back.

I'd like to submit the sleeper collective Poland 2025 shreddit ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfK5H-LcT8 ) along with Amaury's runs last year is support of my argument that you should change your mind on this one.

lol... at 34 seconds ( https://youtu.be/vMAaT1rQuE4?t=34 ) he's greasing a bolt covered in loctite

I think it is reasonable to imagine that this stem, carrying far less weight than the fork, could be tuned such that it could make for a more comfortable ride: reducing peak forces on your hands in a way that a fork can't. I also think it is clearly a different situation than using two short shocks instead of one...