Can someone redpill me on full suspension boards? I don’t understand the use case completely, I only understand the idea in concept…
To me it seems like they are
-very heavy
-lots of moving parts with breakage/failure potential
-difficult to do any jumps on(often strapless boards or lack of that trampoline ability you’d use to hop sidewalks.
-generally non functional/useful suspension aside from when you step on it
Overall they appear gimmiky as they seem to provide only a little bit of suspension. It kind of reminds me of those shoes for “comfort” that have a super cushiony sole made of memory foam. In the end you find out that the foam feels good in the hand, but when wearing it they instantly flatten and provide no soft cushion after bottoming out. The case I see with these boards is that jumping on top shows the shocks dipping, but when riding at say 20-30mph, they do nothing on potholes and other road hazards as the shocks do not compress and decompress at proper speed or depth.
I come from a trampa board that has a decent flex. I get amazing trampoline jumps up to sidewalks and have decent shock absorption in the board especially when landing jumps. My current opinion right now is that a trampa style board is more superior in almost all cases except high speed 25mph+. I have the suspension built in with no moving parts or additional weight, and straps kick up the off road capability to crazy levels of control. Not to mention the ground clearance on a upward curved board with a top mount.
I have ridden an ecomobil 4wd suspension board and my impression was that it was not very enjoyable. I immediately missed the springy deck of a trampa and was not impressed with its “shocks” on tree roots. It seemed to have much worse control.(maybe it was a bad board but it did run the guy something like 3000 which at the time was almost 1000 more than my diy trampa
Am I incorrect? What is your experience with suspension? If you can please compare it to a trampa.
I’m genuinely curious, it just seems odd to me right now. (Sorry if it’s a bad opinion, I have an open mind that has not been exposed to any decent positives with these suspension types.)