Originally Posted by
Wild Cherry
Sorry to correct you ..
The reason bladders have more pack is not due how much air gets mix with the oil ..
When the piston push's up against the bladder that makes more pack .
The piston must stretch the bladder a little to be able to move up inside the shock body....Remove the bladder and the piston does not have to fight to go up and thus more traction & less pack...
The rebound for the shock can be set the same for both , thus no difference in performance between the two in regards to rebound...
The piston isn't intended to ever hit the bladder, and doesn't if you run the shock boots. The manual tells you to run up limiters if you don't run the boots for this reason.