[Closed] both ends the same?

I'd want the front a good bit quicker

dont know dont care
WHY?

yeah they do, but different in the middle.

mine is fairly even.

why?

because i built a new bike up:
I used the manufactures website to see what fork spring I need for my weight (medium) in the fork is a Yellow (soft).
I used TF tuned spring calc to establish what weight rear spring I need (394-ish lb) so got a 400lb.

Not actually ridden the bike on a trail yet, but the front end is considerably stiffer than the rear.

I have a second hand fork - I'm wondering if the compression damping is screwed 😕 🙁

Or whether the manufacturers recommmendations are accurate (which they are'nt).

Like jota, I think I'd want the fork to rebound quicker.
Wouldn't want the front to dive down an d become to steep, over the handlebars.
Likewise, but opposite, for the rear. Wouldn't be to bothered about it "sitting down" into its travel but would be more concerned if it sprang back to quickly.
If the forks Quicker then its safer IMO.

Car park bounce tests tell you very little except that both ends are moving. Get it on the trail and see how it feels.

I’d try and balance the bike fore and aft, i.e both around the same speed so it returns from ‘hits’ while at the same time not beating you up or trying to fire you off the bike.

The idea is that they absorb bumps, so you don’t need them to fully extend to full travel after every impact as if they did over repeated closely spaced bumps they’d be too fast.
In this case you’d want them to sit a little way into the travel and track over the bumps absorbing them so you’d ‘float’ over them .

From loco