Second ride on the Starling

Took the Starling out to Loftus with Eugene who was on his old school 26″ TREK Y Frame and we did the 16km XC loop through to Engadine and back (mostly single track and fire trail). Just wanted to share some thoughts. I was wrong about the coil shock feeling just like the air shock. The air shock just feels way more squishy, and the coil feels much more invisible. When I’m just pedalling at slow speeds I can look down and see the coil compressing with every single pedal stroke, but it’s only compressing a very small amount and I can’t feel it compressing or robbing me of energy. Where my Amflow feels like full squish, the Starling feels like my hardtail with suspension. Sounds silly, but the Starling just seems to mute everything without feeling squishy. The Lyrik is amazing. I’ve always run Fox forks, but this thing is so active and plush on the small bump stuff. I was surprised at the end of the ride to find that I used up most of the travel too (not even possible for me on my Fox…