pump track

[carrerabiker]

when are we going to start bilding it:confused:
and how are we going to do it??

[Baker]

There isn't so much a pump track in planning at the minute, a Bowl is the next thing in line as far as i know and that will be on its way once the trails are nicely tweeked and in good running condition.

[carrerabiker]

a bowl ??http://www.concretedisciples.com/cd_skate/NE/papillion/grinds_skatepark_2.jpg one of them??

[c2crider]

Looks like a good idea...:confused: :confused:

[Baker]

Pretty much, but out of dirt :P

[carrerabiker]

WOW thats gonna be amasing (i'll probably die in it :p) but still

[Fwogddy]

Ooooohh Radstock rec styleee!
Those trails look sickkk

http://mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2007/07/05/chargeComp-280-80.jpg

There just a bunch of bowls in the ground that you transfer between, original iidea. Should we do it? YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[c2crider]

I can see A&E already!!:p

[Baker]

Good find Mikey, was looking for a pic to put on but didnt have any luck! We have that kind of thing in mind but only 1 bowl as far as i know

[Fwogddy]

Good find Mikey, was looking for a pic to put on but didnt have any luck! We have that kind of thing in mind but only 1 bowl as far as i know


Haha, thats my dream place to ride, i have a massive poster of that pic next too my comp.

c'mon, two, transfers would be sick! If anyones every ridden a bowl at a park, they can tell you that their hardly the most fun things to ride...

[carrerabiker]

i rekon a bowl and a quater pipe would be the best

[c2crider]

Transfers would be pretty good, when they were dry you could use bmxs in them which would be pretty sweet:p

[Fwogddy]

The only thing with them will be drainage, i think i read somewhere that the radstock rec's have a proper drainage system running underneath them...

[carrerabiker]

oh yea we need dranage or itll turn into a pond then the fc would have a benny

[beniscool28]

were are we ganna build this

[c2crider]

Yeah, if we have a summer like the last one, we'll end up with outdoor swimming pools... lol:D

[carrerabiker]

down near the end of the ttt i think

[beniscool28]

wow cool

[Baker]

Haha its all planned out etc. Dont worry bout it!! There will be 1 bowl and thats it as far as i know but it will possibly have jumps/transfers into it etc.

All in the planning stages at the min though and negotiation with the Forestry!

[c2crider]

Huzzah! Nice one. Cant wait to get back up to the hill again

[PaulE]

How about building one with a jump clear over it also... a bit like the old iron justice pool jump.

Bowl sounds good though, especially if you pop a few wallrides around the edge of it in suitable spots.

[matt]

bowl sounds good! but i wont know what bike to go up to the woods on!! is there goin to be any Dirt Jumps up at the woods?

[swifty15uk]

theres jumps on the tracks that arn't too bad for messing about on

[Fwogddy]

I'm pretty sure matt knows that ash ah

Ooooooh matt you still up for NASS?

a decent set of doubles would be wicked up the woods IMO.

[Baker]

Not allowed doubles by forestry commission rules im afraid!

[carrerabiker]

well whats the biggest thing were alowed

[Baker]

Dont have a clue, usually it is a matter of building it/drawing it up with propper measurements etc and showing it to the FC, it's very hard for us to know

[jack]

if i remember correctly, i think the rule from the outset wasn't no doubles but no "manditory air" thats to say that everything must be rollable or have a ride around option.

correct me if im wrong, cos its been a while :p

[Baker]

Aye thats the rule pretty much. The way the forestry man has said to fish is that ''Your every day family rider can come up to it and roll over it without complication'' or of course have a chicken route.

[IMafizzleI]

I guess the rules are pretty complicated then? I suppose they are there for a reason though, because all it takes is for one toddler who's eaten too many Mars bars to absolutely hammer it over a set of doubles and get impaled on a tree.

Bit extreme i know, but i saw it on Scarred. MTV has warped my brain!

Also... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJlz8gT4w2E - Yet another reason Halfords should be burnt.

[c2crider]

ha ha ha ha. hmmmm hope that never happens, think of the mess:devil:

[Baker]

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2116/pbpic2116809.jpg

Now THAT would be my idea of a fun pump track, so much flow, wide and looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

[Rick Brown]

where is it Baker,let go I feel a ROAD TRIP coming on

[c2crider]

It looks great, but isn't it somewhere in canada? A long way for a roadtrip :D

[Baker]

Its in the US im affraid rick, would be a good trip though for sure.

Hood River, Oregon, United States to be exact.