Hey from Iowa!
 

I'm a fifteen year-old in Iowa, and I just had a birthday yesterday. So I got a new bike.
A new mojave 8.0 (tested a bunch of bikes from LBS, and I just liked the feel of it more compared to other stuff in the price range)
However, the front derailleur seems really slow, and the shock doesn't seem to take up small impacts as much as I'd like. So I was thinking about a new tora 302 for the shock, but I don't really know what for the derailleur... another deore?

Anyway, Hi from Iowa.

Welcome Adam.

Ask the folks in the Mountain Biking forum for suggestions about the front der and the shock.