I tried mine in the 6" setting.
The BB is lower but under sag the bb was the same height. I measured mine with the same amount of shock sag so all things should be equal.If i remember right i ended going to a 50 lb softer spring in short travel. Since the BB is not actually lower under sag the bike did not really feel any lower to me.Actually because of the rate change the bike felt like it tried to stay up in the travel a little bit more in g outs and corners.
The rate in long travel has a swoopy curve.It falls initially,then has a long mid stroke,then rises late in the travel.This offers a soft feeling throughout most of the travel,being in the long mid stroke it takes sharp hits well at sag and compresses a lot in g outs.
In short travel the bike has a progressive curve that starts soft and ramps hard at the end.I found that a bit past the sag point it ramps hard and keeps it up in the travel.It still takes hits at sag pretty well but did not feel like it sank into corners as well.
On a graph the shorter travel setting looks better to me,rather than a falling-to-rising rate that the long travel setting offers.Riding the bike though,the shorter travel setting has too sharp of a ramp that hurts the ride a little more than i thought it would.
I found that overall i liked the bike in long travel better.in short travel it does pedal a bit better since there is more oil flowing through the shock for the given amount of wheel travel. Due to the highish pivot the pedaling is pretty firm regardless.
The place it works well in short travel is pumping jumps and slalomy type trails since the bike feels tighter and quicker.
I ended up running the 24 in the rear and the geo is really great for a freeride bike IMO.I didn't think the bb needed to be 14.5,and i like the HA 1 degree slacker than how the bike comes. i know a lot of people think the 24 hangs up on bumps but i really don't feel it.Maybe it's the rearward wheelpath of this bike.
Krispy