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9? I'd have a flat before my ass hit the seat But I normally run 14-15, occasionally 12-13. Heavier bike and not the lightest operator. I tried 12 for like ~90miles on Sunday. It improved a little, but it still felt so wrong. I rode a backyard moto track as part of an Enduro and hated every turn. It was like a bike with too much rake, or a bad front wheel bearing. I didn't think the extra volume/surface area really smoothed anything out in a straight line either.
Maybe I needed to tweak the fork height? But I pulled it off last night and put a new M59 on. I tried to fix something that wasn't broken.