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Originally Posted by vespasianus
How much different is it really? 40mm of undamped travel versus 60mm of oil damped, air travel.
What is different is the average rider has gone from 145 lbs to 200lbs. As a people, we have gotten fat - and stupid.
Everything old is new again. Even Fox's new 32mm, reverse arched, spring backed IFP piston fork - is basically a Manitou with an Intrinsic damper from 2005.
What I don't doubt is that the new stuff is much better made.
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When was the average weight for all adult cyclists 145 pounds?
I am not saying you are wrong because I admittedly have 0 idea what the average weight for all adult cyclists was at any point in history, but 145 pounds just seems so far from current reality that it is difficult to even conceptualize.