ChrisEyles
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I'm pretty sure this is a stupid question, but I can't figure it out in my head at the moment.
Stiction in an air fork is held to be a bad thing, reducing compliance over small bumps.
Platform damping in a fork is held to be a good thing, increasing pedalling efficiency (especially out of the saddle) and reducing brake dive.
How are the two different? Surely a bit of stiction would give a similar effect to the low speed compression of a platform damper, while any bump with enough force to bypass the low speed circuit damping would be enough to release the stiction in the fork.
Asking as I'm currently playing with an old Marzocchi bomber fork with quite a bit of stiction and it rides really similarly to my Rockshox Revs with lots of compression damping and a light floodgate (which is generally a good thing).
Am I missing something obvious here? Maybe I haven't ridden enough nice forks to "get it"?
Stiction in an air fork is held to be a bad thing, reducing compliance over small bumps.
Platform damping in a fork is held to be a good thing, increasing pedalling efficiency (especially out of the saddle) and reducing brake dive.
How are the two different? Surely a bit of stiction would give a similar effect to the low speed compression of a platform damper, while any bump with enough force to bypass the low speed circuit damping would be enough to release the stiction in the fork.
Asking as I'm currently playing with an old Marzocchi bomber fork with quite a bit of stiction and it rides really similarly to my Rockshox Revs with lots of compression damping and a light floodgate (which is generally a good thing).
Am I missing something obvious here? Maybe I haven't ridden enough nice forks to "get it"?