Fair enough. Yeah, the time required to set up the 38 is not for everyone. First you “have to” do a damper service, then it took me weeks to dial it in. Anyways, your bike looks killer.For me, the Zeb is the better fork. Easier to adjust, stand higher, quiet, buttercaps, cheaper and looks better.
For me, the Zeb is the better fork. Easier to adjust, stand higher, quiet, buttercaps, cheaper and looks better.
25 - 30% sag is generally best for most riders. Run closer to 30 if you’re more gravity oriented. If the fork is beating you up it probably isn’t the sag, unless you’re running a very high pressure resulting in sag at say 10%. It’s more likely your rebound setting is to slow. This will result in the fork feeling very harsh as it packs down over repetitive hits making it feel rough. First back off the compression settings completely and set rebound to the middle setting. Now go ride a trail that you can session easily. The trail with the train you normally ride. After you’ve ridden the trail once or twice with rebound in the middle setting back it off counter clockwise a couple of turns then go ride the same trail again a couple more times. This will speed up the rebound and make your fork feel a little more plush. See if this feels better than when it was at the middle setting. Then go ride the same trail with the rebound set two clicks clockwise in from the middle setting and see which feels better. Most people ride with the rebound settings too slow. If the middle setting feels pretty good and two clicks in clockwise slowing it down feels more rough or worse, then you know you need to be at or faster than the middle setting. You can then experiment from that point forward moving counterclockwise until it feels right. After you’ve done your rebound adjustment start adding compression only until it feels like you have the support you need. This will enable you to dial in your suspension to where it suits you best. On my fox 38 I don’t run much low speed compression and high speed is set in the middle. I have my rebound set fairly fast, this gives me a very plush feel with a lot of grip over rough terrain without getting beat up.
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You can install whatever shock you want on your bike , wether Specialized endorse / recommend these shocks is a different story , I suppose it's up to the individual wether they want to take the risk or not
An air spring by nature is progressive and a coil is linear. Linkage design can help with progression. I’m a heavy lad as well 118kg and I much prefer the over all feel of a coil setup and near complete lack of required maintenance.
IME your problem is mainly just the DPS. I think it's a totally under-gunned shock for an ebike or anything more than light trail - it's a technical XC shock. I can't fathom why manufacturers insist on putting on them on ebikes even as a base spec. If you get an air shock with good bottom out/bump stop like the X2, you'll be able to fix the bottom out problem. That shock had a quite a magically soft bottom out for me.
I'm sorry - I was speaking generally rather than talking specifically about the Gen 3, in a Gen 3 thread
. Sorry, nothing personal, not saying that is the case, but spending bias is a real affliction Maybe but I have a feeling it is a market preference and cost/profit decision. Air is easy and infinitely adjustable to a wide spectrum of riders vs stocking 8 spring rates and explaining to customers they they need to pay for (an extremely over inflated) new spring that still might not be the preferred weight.
I disagree. Relative to other air shocks, it felt coil-like, in my limited experience.
I'm sorry - I was speaking generally rather than talking specifically about the Gen 3, in a Gen 3 thread
Given all the success people are having here with coils, and the general talk about how it's progressive and "the poppiest ebike" that you get in reviews, I'm reasonably sure it'd be a good bike for a coil. Why not 100%? Because it's not inconceivable to me that someone spends a gazillion on a shock and then touts about how great it is even though it's not actually any better
I have my X2 setup with three volume reducers and the bike can certainly run at pace on rough trails. I get bottom outs on bigger drops (8 feet or more depending on the landing) but other than that it’s good for most riding. I have my SAG set at 30% front and back. I put the cascade link on for that extra bit of progression as well as supposedly more supple off the top.
Totally agree, the Levo is more than capable on any kind of enduro terrain, 160/150 is ample
took me a bit to get it dialled but I got there in the end , I see folk writing about going to 170mm on the front but to me I can't see that 10mm would make a difference especially when you see 10mm on a tape measure 
2/3yrs ago the Sentinel was Transitions Enduro bike & the Ripmo Ibis’s both less than 150mm rear travel & both very capable along with the Hightower, then they bring out the Spire & the Megatower as we all need so much more travel
The new Levo is slacker than the Kenevo, corners better , has a much larger battery for longer rides, mullet wheel set and is a much better all around bike. if the intent is just enduro or down hill riding then yes buy something else, and it wouldn’t be a Kenevo for that, but if you want a bike that is capable in most conditions, then there’s no better than the Levo imho.
