I see where your coming from. The Shadow one is suppost to be good now they reformed it. I first bought it when it came out and the series one edt had alot of downfalls. Hopefully the new one will be good to you. Quick question what foot forward are you poopipe? Chains wise, now, i would recommend the Standard Ind one. But there rather hard to get hold of now. Thats what i run on my trials bike and a KHE collapse on the bmx