[NJTransplant]

Unless you push against the end of the range for your adjustments, or you are using a really crappy shock, which you are not, I don't see what gain there is to get. Most of the time I am convinced people rate mods highly because they go in together with a shock refresh, and that would make the shock work better anyway ...

The fresh rebuild is a good point. I have switched around air and coil shocks over the past few years. Self admittedly I really love the way the push shocks feel as compared to other coils I've ridden (new for new, fresh build for fresh build). I don't know if that's in my head or not but the bikes are significantly more composed when having something setup for the bike and the rider together. I've found OEM tunes to be trying to hit a large area of bikes and rider leverage curves/weights/riding styles that the tunes, even if my dials are in the middle, just don't work. Too harsh, bottom too easily, not enough support, etc. Add air, change coil rate, add/remove compression doesn't seem to give me the same performance as something setup just for my weight, my riding style, and the bike it's going on. This is a rather subjective response I know but on-trail performance has been drastically different than what the specs or graphs say.

 

[Davide]

The fresh rebuild is a good point. I have switched around air and coil shocks over the past few years. Self admittedly I really love the way the push shocks feel as compared to other coils I've ridden (new for new, fresh build for fresh build). I don't know if that's in my head or not but the bikes are significantly more composed when having something setup for the bike and the rider together. I've found OEM tunes to be trying to hit a large area of bikes and rider leverage curves/weights/riding styles that the tunes, even if my dials are in the middle, just don't work. Too harsh, bottom too easily, not enough support, etc. Add air, change coil rate, add/remove compression doesn't seem to give me the same performance as something setup just for my weight, my riding style, and the bike it's going on. This is a rather subjective response I know but on-trail performance has been drastically different than what the specs or graphs say.

I recently switched my Selva-R, double-air, to coil and I am not going back to air any time soon. The ride quality is significantly better of the already very good double-air. The only fork that (in my memory) compares to the Selva-C is the Fox Vanilla-Push I had until 2005. When I tossed my last fork, and erratic DVO, for the Selva the Push Nine-One was in the running, but it felt like an overkill (and back than was three times the cost). I have no doubt that a custom PUSH shock or fork is some of the best you can get. The Formula puts costumization at your finger tip with CTS. and I'd be curious to try their CTS shocks if they fit my Ibis HD3.