Ok, here's my scenario. I weigh 145 pounds with gear and I'm running an 8.75x2.75 DHX 5.0 on my big hit. Right now I have it sprung at 500 pounds with 150 PSI in the chamber, and what I believe is stock oil in the reservoir. The bottom out adjustment is cranked all the way up and the propedal is about half way.
I know for a fact that the shock isn't broken in any way, but I am still having trouble bottoming out. The funny thing is that 75% of time i'm bottoming riding gnarly solid rock garden/lava flow on the local DH rather than any FR style drops and jumps in the area. So at the moment I am unsure whether I want to buy a new/more dampened shock, or buy heavier oil for my DHX and hope it becomes much stiffer.
Therefore, my question to all you monkey's is:
-If I buy a new shock, what shock should I go with? I hear avy's are very dampened, but do you think a double barrel can be set up the same way just for the sake of having the choice of extra adjustments?
-Should I keep my shock and get heavier oil or possibly re-shim it if that isn't too hard to do? And what weight oil should I use? Is stock 5wt or 7.5wt? I can get oil even heavier than 10wt at the local motorcyle shop, if needed.
just remember that your advice will be on my riding style not your own, so plushness isn't as much of a concern to me as the plowability. Any help will be greatly appreciated though.
I know for a fact that the shock isn't broken in any way, but I am still having trouble bottoming out. The funny thing is that 75% of time i'm bottoming riding gnarly solid rock garden/lava flow on the local DH rather than any FR style drops and jumps in the area. So at the moment I am unsure whether I want to buy a new/more dampened shock, or buy heavier oil for my DHX and hope it becomes much stiffer.
Therefore, my question to all you monkey's is:
-If I buy a new shock, what shock should I go with? I hear avy's are very dampened, but do you think a double barrel can be set up the same way just for the sake of having the choice of extra adjustments?
-Should I keep my shock and get heavier oil or possibly re-shim it if that isn't too hard to do? And what weight oil should I use? Is stock 5wt or 7.5wt? I can get oil even heavier than 10wt at the local motorcyle shop, if needed.
just remember that your advice will be on my riding style not your own, so plushness isn't as much of a concern to me as the plowability. Any help will be greatly appreciated though.