Morning all
I've got an RC405 which came with a Monarch rear shock. It's nice to ride but has a bad problem with bottoming out on any medium sized hit or jump (says in the manual it's suitable for 'all mountain' use with some jumps).
Also the rockers hit the mount on the seat tube sometimes when it bottoms out and has chipped the paint.
Here's the shock ratio (for the RC506 actually, think it's probably very similar though). I think the steep falling rate accounts for the bottom outs I'm seeing (running 15% sag - still getting them!)

here's a pic somebody else posted on the thread I made about this on MTBR
(mine looks very similar
)
Is there any comeback about this sort of thing? Or do I just have to keep riding it and hope it doesn't crack.
Anybody else have this problem with an RC405 or 506?
Really annoying because apart from this issue, the frame feels great to ride

