White House K10 - a story of regeneration

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Reducing the pre-load does two things:
a) lowers the ride height for any given load (read weight)
b) reduces the force required to initiate compression from full droop (sag)
You are right in that the spring rate is a constant, so all this can be doing is lowering the start off force.

I'm guessing that I have noticed the benefit from the latter, the front wheel requiring a reduced load from fully extended and in simple terms letting the damper absorb more of the energy rather than the spring. If anyone else has the 2017 SDBV forks why not chime in to whether they have experienced the same?
Two more photos today in the car park.

Look at that folks - vivid clear blue skies in the UK in November!!!