E-Bike vs non E-bike ?

[Endless Trails]

If I had the money for it I would have a park/shuttle specific bike too. I don't know if it would be full downhill bike. Probably something in a 180/170 would be rad. I have a 18' Giant Trance Advanced but my Decoy is way better at the down than that even with the extra weight.
First few bike park laps were "interesting" on the E-bike. Bike kind of drifted where ever it wanted once it left the lip. There is the weight in motion thing. I would go straight off the lip and land a few feet to one side or the other. I found just putting a slight cross up/lean off of every jump helped real it in some.

 

[Harry Johnson]

If I had the money for it I would have a park/shuttle specific bike too. I don't know if it would be full downhill bike. Probably something in a 180/170 would be rad. I have a 18' Giant Trance Advanced but my Decoy is way better at the down than that even with the extra weight.
First few bike park laps were "interesting" on the E-bike. Bike kind of drifted where ever it wanted once it left the lip. There is the weight in motion thing. I would go straight off the lip and land a few feet to one side or the other. I found just putting a slight cross up/lean off of every jump helped real it in some.

I've got a transition spire for a regular ol pedal bike. I freakin love it at bike parks.

When my kids were younger, I did a Tahoe trip with my family. The bike park wasn't open yet for the season, and it was going to either be my wife or I busting a solo session while the other one watched our kids each day, so we each brought ebikes to self shuttle some trails.

Turns out that every morning the kids pretty much demanded a trip to the truckee bike park, so there I was with just my ebike. I decided run what you brung and muscled it through the jump lines there every day. There was one day I pull up next to some kids at the top of the line, and one kid looks over at me from his dialed looking 26er dj.
"Brought the ebike huh?"
"yeah, old man problems."
They left me alone once I didn't case anything, but MAN were my shoulders sore after that week.

 

[Endless Trails]

I've got a transition spire for a regular ol pedal bike. I freakin love it at bike parks.

When my kids were younger, I did a Tahoe trip with my family. The bike park wasn't open yet for the season, and it was going to either be my wife or I busting a solo session while the other one watched our kids each day, so we each brought ebikes to self shuttle some trails.

Turns out that every morning the kids pretty much demanded a trip to the truckee bike park, so there I was with just my ebike. I decided run what you brung and muscled it through the jump lines there every day. There was one day I pull up next to some kids at the top of the line, and one kid looks over at me from his dialed looking 26er dj.
"Brought the ebike huh?"
"yeah, old man problems."
They left me alone once I didn't case anything, but MAN were my shoulders sore after that week.

I have a 26" Commencal DJ for the Local Bike Park / pump track. No way I would bring the E-bike there . I only brought my Giant Trance to that bike park once when I first bought it, and immediately rebuilt my 24" BMX to ride until I got a dirt jumper. When I was talking Bike Park earlier it was in reference to chairlift parks.

 

[Harry Johnson]

When I was talking Bike Park earlier it was in reference to chairlift parks.

Oh I know. Got a 24" bmx and my wife's 26" dj that would have been a million times better to take jumping. Just didn't have the room, so I picked the ebike. It worked better than I thought it would- I did not eat shit; when I dropped in on the first day, I was thinking there was a good possibility I was going to eat shit.

Upside is that gave me a lot of confidence to go bigger on my ebike I guess?