good to hear about the RS. I never had a desire to try it but the new version with the new damper and other updates Made it sound tempting.
INCOMING !!!!
was is the new super deluxe that just came out at the end of last year?
No not the newest one, but I've never had any luck with RS shocks. Most are tuned too light for my weight and require too much air pressure for correct sag leading to harsh ride feeling.
Both shock are good enough for vast majority of riders. You should qualify more in-depth what you expect from shock - just which is "better" is bad question. You should describe your weight, riding style, bike, frame travel etc.. and what you expect from it.
Thank you for the advice! I added some stuff to the original post. Also I’m not really interested in custom tuning at this point. I sold my fox x2 because I wasn’t too happy with it. It feel like it blew through 70% of the travel really fast but the last 30% of travel was almost unusable. To be fair though I’m sure some of that is related to the progressiveness of the evil calling delta link. I was pretty set on the Dvo topaz becuse I have an older generation on a Nukeproof mega. However when these new updates for the new RS super deluxe came out it peaked my interest. Also have really tossed around the idea of throwing a coil on the bike due to how progressive it is but I’m worried Itl lose too much popBoth shock are good enough for vast majority of riders. You should qualify more in-depth what you expect from shock - just which is "better" is bad question. You should describe your weight, riding style, bike, frame travel etc.. and what you expect from it.
Dont see any point in custom tuning if you don't know what you want from tuning or even what does not suit you on original tune
The standard Topaz tunes are lighter than a light Rockshox tune. Air pressure depends on air-can sizing instead of tuning.
A 96kg rider on a Levo needs about 3x the damping of the stock tunes. That's a heavy and high leverage bike.
Both these companies use preloaded rebound in certain tunes. There is less preload in the preloaded rockshox rebound stacks than the DVO pistons though.
yeah I know, that’s why it feels great now
Gross. I despise preloaded rebound, and that might be why I didn't like my Topaz. I don't understand why they do that.
Indeed. There are few things that force a rider to chose between stability and traction like preloaded rebound does!
