I have a 2013 Five. Love it no plans to change it but trying to get the right shock!
Came with a Fox evolution which was rubbish, blew threw the travel, was advised it could not be tuned.
Moved onto a CCDB, liked it but it was heavy and had a bit of bob, Amazing on the downs though, felt immense. however given I was planning on riding more XC than trail on it decided to lighten it up and changed to a Monarch Plus.
Since then have hardly ridden it as I bought a Ti hardtail, the plan is/what I’ve been doing is Ti hardtail local XC, Five Trail centre/peaks stuff etc. However I’ve found that the Monarch is sat at 30%-35% sag but only using 75%-80% of travel. Spoke to TF and the only option to improve is a tune.
So….question is…get the Monarch tuned (but concerned it’s a risk as I may not like it). Get another CCDB (2nd hand) and get it set up with less bob than before or go halfway house and get CCDB air? (Can get a great deal on new which will mean the upgrade will be no more than the tune on the Monarch).
Also can I live without the CS…that’s like circa £200 more than the CCDB air.
Cheers