Hora – i have similar before riding (coffe) if not more. Just make sure you have a glass of water for each cup of coffee you have. I also dring a 500ml bottle of water 20mins before riding.
2L of water during 4hrs of riding and a big drink of milk straight after finishing (this is on a HOT DAY like yesterday)
Love my endura stuff, had loads of kit from them. Only issue was a pair of their superlite shorts that the seam went pop on (VERY gritty and wet riding through the winter (2nd winter btw) – replaced FOC in 3 days
sounds like a dodgy seal between +/- air chambers imo pulling travel down. i would get em checked where you bought them from IF you are the original owner, if not a seal kit will sort it
I am thinking that as the pedals have a bearing on the outside end only and bush at the crank arm side i will fill the gap behind the bearing with grease, put the bearing in and do the nut up to hold the pedal on the axle. more grease on top of the bearing and then the end cap