Has anyone here actually tried that aftermarket suspension stuff? Looking at pix of the Birdy, I was way skeptical of the elastomer setup, especially the elastomer and spring job up front. Reality of riding it has disabused me of the need for aftermarket suspension candy like pictured above, but not the want for such.

Is it better? Much better, like some kind of revelation or epiphany about how much more awesome it is with this stuff? Or more on the "meh" end of things -- ride's a bit better, but it sure looks swell.

I end up folding mine quite a bit, haven't figured out how to really keep the spring and swinging part of the fork off the ground yet, would hate to scrape beautifully machined alloy across concrete...