Show Off Your Backyard Pumptrack (Or One You Dream About)

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Edited Date/Time 7/15/2021 7:54am
The backyard pumptrack can provide hours and hours of fun, a chance to get really creative in a small space, and one heck of a workout. Plus it's a rad way to entertain your riding buddies. If you've got one, post a photo. If not, post one that you wish you had!

Here's a bunch for inspiration:



https://youtu.be/SusSs-ysimQ?rel=0

https://youtu.be/d2wqdHUad3s?rel=0

https://youtu.be/REmlsvWKpDc?rel=0









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Big Bird 4/20/2016 7:07pm
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Nice one Jeremy. I've never had the flat land to build a proper pump track of my own, But I did have two hundred feet of elevated "Shore." trails in the backyard.
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Big Bird 4/20/2016 7:11pm
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I spent an amazing afternoon in Lee's of Lee Likes Bikes backyard pre five? years ago disruption. Amazing, tiled in perfection.
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mshirley303 4/20/2016 9:00pm
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Still working on getting it smoothed out and nobody has been able to clear the gap yet, but it was ready for 30th birthday pump track races! (I'm the fast one with the beard.)

Sup Turman!

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bturman 4/20/2016 9:37pm
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mshirley303 wrote:
Still working on getting it smoothed out and nobody has been able to clear the gap yet, but it was ready for 30th birthday pump track...
Still working on getting it smoothed out and nobody has been able to clear the gap yet, but it was ready for 30th birthday pump track races! (I'm the fast one with the beard.)

Sup Turman!

Looking good, Shirley!
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mutton 4/20/2016 11:47pm
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Guys. Perfect timing. Cut my track in last year and bought in dirt - but it had way too many pebbles. I need to order dirt but no one seems to be able to confirm that they have dirt with a suitable clay content (25-40%). Any advice on what to ask for etc. cheers.
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AGR97 4/21/2016 1:11am
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Awesome post guys, I've always wanted to build a pumptrack but my dad keeps telling me that the garden is too small, anyone got any tips for working in a 20x8 foot space?
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5 KM of private paradise in the island of Tasmania




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and more on the way
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diogo.boaventura.7 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2016/04/20/3624/s1200_p0pb11712560.jpg[/img] my yard, all hand made :D


my yard, all hand made :D

gouveia? would be tempted to ride there and folgosinho
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BrianBuell 4/21/2016 7:03am
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This forum topic might be my favorite one ever! I'm absolutely obsessed with with pump tracks, backyard projects and bike park development. I've built two on a piece of property I live on, but do not own. While I dig up evidence of those, I'll post this video of my goofing around this winter on the pumptrack at Carbondale Bike Park.

https://vimeo.com/149483633
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Philkmetz 4/21/2016 7:04am
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I built this one a while back at my friend's house with the help of the house owner and our friends. I don't get to ride it much these days since, but it really helped unite the mountain bikers in the area. For a small little course, it has had a huge impact on the local scene.

https://youtu.be/ClXnTC9WUvc

I also made this one and a video on how to build a pump track this past winter.
https://youtu.be/fDEmygcJ1Eg
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BrianBuell 4/21/2016 7:11am
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The freshly finished product of pumptrack #2 from 2010
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BrianBuell 4/21/2016 7:12am
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BrianBuell wrote:
This forum topic might be my favorite one ever! I'm absolutely obsessed with with pump tracks, backyard projects and bike park development. I've built two on...
This forum topic might be my favorite one ever! I'm absolutely obsessed with with pump tracks, backyard projects and bike park development. I've built two on a piece of property I live on, but do not own. While I dig up evidence of those, I'll post this video of my goofing around this winter on the pumptrack at Carbondale Bike Park.

https://vimeo.com/149483633


Carbondale Bike Park
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mp 4/21/2016 7:30am
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phil, that jump spot looks mint! Recall you posting about it over the years... looks really nice now and quite a change from the early days!
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sspomer 4/21/2016 8:30am
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claudio/velosolutions' tracks always look so rad.




buell, that track w/ the two bowls looks super fun! all of these here look super fun!
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mp 4/21/2016 11:17am
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Seeing those velosolutions tracks makes me hate my city... not a single one!
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Hermes475 4/22/2016 12:05pm
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http://www.pinkbike.com/video/334877/

This is the one that I built by hand. Lots of shoveling. This video is a 3-4 years old and since then the pumptrack has transformed into dirt jumps. I think the record was 6 laps, no pedaling.. On the day the video was shot, the ground was damp and rolling speeds were low, hence the difficulty of multiple laps. The bottom of the track is about 4-5 feet below the top of the track and you had to really hold your speed to make it back up.
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sspomer 4/23/2016 8:41am
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eagle colorado just got sweeter
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jeff.brines 8/7/2017 7:40am
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Just throwing this out there - pump track dreams coming together but felt like I took a big step back this weekend with a delivery of clay that turned out to be super hard to work with as it was largely in huge chunks that all the water and tamping in the world could barely break down.

Any tips on working with clay like this? I decided to rough in more of the track with this stuff then I'll get another delivery of screened dirt as my finish? Any other ideas?

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