why have a high end, obscenely expensive mountain bike with totally configurable components when you can’t tinker with it to make it even more configurable and as a result very likely also extremely hard to set up.
so i got this vivid air shock for my nomad. the vivid has a greater air volume which should result in a more linear spring rate, two independent rebound adjusters – interestingly named ‘beginning stroke’ and ‘end stroke’ instead of the usual ‘low speed’ and ‘high speed’, but i’m sure rock shox did this to keep our minds sharp – and a beautiful blue compression adjuster. with clickers! there is a six minute video on how to set if up and i had to watch it twice …
i am so looking forward to the hours of fun fiddling with the knobs trying to ensure it does not kick me over the bars.
and this is the monarch it replaced. one measly rebound adjuster and a lockout switch.
ha!