It’s probably because I’m a crap rider, but there’s an aspect of riding a full-suss that bothers me: not being able to bunny hop over obstacles effectively.
For example, on a particular downhill section I’ve done many times, there are a couple of stone slab drainage channels. On my Cove hardtail, I found it easy to flick the bike over, i.e. bunny hop. But on my full-suss, I’m not able to flick the bike up as well, due to the slight compression when I push down before bunny hopping. And to prove my crapness at jumping over square-edge obstacles, I’ve actually had more rear-tyre pinch flats since going to full-suss, because my rear wheel isn’t fully clearing the gap when I attempt to hop over.
I’m now more apprehensive at jumping over logs, trenches than I was on the hardtail !
The full-suss is 130mm travel F&R (DT Swiss/RP23) and sag height at about 30%, i.e. softish, but never bottoming out.
Anyone else have the same problem – any advice will be much appreciated…