Upgrade or not to upgrade?

[JohnyL]

I'd ask, are you satisfied with your suspension? If not, then changing it up is an easy decision, if you are happy with it, then it's a harder question. In my example, I picked up a Specialized Levo Comp with the Lyrik Select fork and it has quite bad compression spiking, even with the adjustment softened up as much as possible. It hurts my forearms when I ride downhill through a lot of rocks, so I'll definitely be fixing it. If I didn't ride in such a rocky area, probably wouldn't bother.

Regarding the shockwiz, it's true that you need a rider skilled in giving feedback to improve suspension adjustment, I think that is exactly what the shockwiz is designed for, to be better than you at providing feedback. If it's not better than you, then it's probably a waste of money, but if you just think your suspension feels "bad" but can't articulate why, then you may not be able to fix it either, and then a shockwiz while worse than a pro suspension tuner, might be better than you. If you can ride the bike and immediately tell that you would like a little more mid-stroke support, and a touch less rebound damping then the shockwiz is probably not for you.

I notice the same compression spiking over rocky terrain. Rear shock feels quite good I think.
Need to do something about the forks, need to work out what yet. ??

 

[speedkills]

You can pick up a charger 2.1 damper for $300ish, or have one of many suspension shots do their magic to it for you similar price range I think. I decided to pick up a Mezzer fork for $800 which is a bit overkill, but I like to work on things myself in my garage and the Mezzer is a nice fork that is also quite friendly to the home mechanic.