for wealthy recreational trail/all mountain riders, this seems amazing. i think having a non-active system (i.e. your regular 160mm AM bike) and expecting it to be a "do it all" bike is slightly unreasonable; there will always be bias to either climbing or descending. having an adaptive system makes so much sense in this use case by ACTUALLY creating a dynamic and adaptable "do it all" bike. however, i don't think this is an adequate replacement for xc, dh, or certain enduro race applications. the implementation of the smart tech at the moment is rather crude, just cranking between LSC modes really quickly, so i think it absolutely isn't a replacement for a true custom suspension setup. maybe in future, when mountain bikes (hopefully) become comparable to other competent competition vehicles, we will have a nuanced and intricate application of "smart" suspension in terms of low and high (and mid?) compression/rebound.
I think its pretty common sense that if the shock/fork is unloaded i.e. in air then it will stay open. Engineers are not dumb its the first thing in any control sys design that you make sure works everytime.
One of the best innovations coming to riding but a terrible video, little more than an advertorial by a RS employee continuing a narrative pushing racing
