The Tuesday Tune 11 - To Adjust Spring Rate or Compression Damping?

 Guys, I noticed something recently with my bike, I am on a Commencal Am v4 and it has a monarch plus rt3. Everyone I know rides their bikes in the wide open setting, but I have noticed that my bike was going through its travel easily, and I was getting bucked because I had to use too much air to counteract this (I also have 3 spacer rings in it). I learned that I can take around 8 to 10 psi out of the shock and run it in the middle "pedal" mode, and I get a coil like damping feel that is more sensitive because I can run it with a softer feel, yet I don't blow through travel easily, and I don't get bucked. Would like to get your ideas on this, is it safe to run my shock in this setting?

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 I've had a Fox 36 rc2 2016 for just over a year now, and have never made so many adjustments on a fork or shock in my life... I just can't seem to find the balance between sag, small bump sensitivity and brake dive. I currently am running the fork at 65psi with lsc fully wound out (least damping) and the hsc a few clicks from full open too. The fork dives, but any higher psi or compression damping and it's just really harsh. The fork has been serviced last week and has always been regularly serviced. I'm not sure what i can do, other than sell the fork and buy a lyrik!

My question is, do you find some forks/shocks just don't have the sensitivity to meet the rider's desired feel with either spring rate or damping?

 Great. I was happy with the setting of my fork, but this video made me question my contentment.

Thanks for this very informative lecture