Different riding style between Spark and Anthem?

[Scott2luvit]

Don't bother. 

 

The shocks (back) seemed to work okay. Nothing like the problems that the forks had. 

 

Dial in the rebound, get the compression damping sorted (if you can) and then see where you are.

 

I still reckon you're on the wrong size frame though. 

awesome. changed the stem to negative and is seems better already, thinking of going flatbar but don't know if that will make an impact, will ride negative and play with damper and see how she goes, the damping makes sense, thinking back the 2nd time I went over the bars was when I pushed hard and pumped the bike down a single, saw roots and wanted to just lift the front , next moment I was down on the ground, thinking back, it could have been the shock popping the back up

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

awesome. changed the stem to negative and is seems better already, thinking of going flatbar but don't know if that will make an impact, will ride negative and play with damper and see how she goes, the damping makes sense, thinking back the 2nd time I went over the bars was when I pushed hard and pumped the bike down a single, saw roots and wanted to just lift the front , next moment I was down on the ground, thinking back, it could have been the shock popping the back up

that's a lack of low speed compression support that they are famous for... just no resistance in the mid-stroke at all. You're expecting a pop from the front but it just blows through...

 

coupled with a faster rebound on the back, that'll be a dangerous combo.

 

If you're contemplating a new bar, go a bit wider as well. It'll give you more room in the cockpit...