Quote of the week: May 23, 2009
“Maybe my pump tack training at home has been helping out.”
Pump track for 29ers?
Hey Lee. Great site .. love it. I just bought your ebook “Pump Track Nation” and had a question about bike selection/course design.
I’m primarily an XC racer (some super D and road racing mixed in) and I’m looking to beef up the handling skills. I’ve got no problem on technical trails but keeping my speed through the corners and bumps is what I need to work on so a pump track would be great for me. Problem is I fell in love with 29″ wheels and the few pump tracks I’ve tried seemed to be designed for smaller wheels. I’m sure a large part of it is just learning the skills but do you have any recommendations for the big wheel crowd? How to adjust your riding style? Or how to adjust your track plans if you’re planning on building?
Thanks! Matthew
Pump track coming to Taos, NM
Hey all. I’m helping cook up a pump track in Taos, New Mexico, and I’m looking for DJ/pump people in that area. If you’re a Taos resident and a member of the Pump Track Nation (or want to join), please email me.
Rock.
7th grade math report: Pulling Gs on a pump track
Lee,
I’m doing a math report on mounain biking and I am in 7th grade. I met with Mark Weir and he said you hade done some studies on the G forces pulled on his pump track. Is there any way I could get a hold of the results to present to my class?
Travis
A pump track in every basement
When the snow just won’t go away, and you need some pump, what do you do? You go underground!
DJ fork for 40something rider?
Hi Lee,
I’m 44 and have spent the last two years ripping up the local trails on my Kona Coiler (Your book has helped a lot).
Recently I aquired a single speed Santa Cruz Chameleon for off road commuting, the local BMX track (I will manual properly even if it kills me), street and general trails — and the last couple of weeks have been fun but the bike feels nose heavy, notably it’s really hard to lift when I’m doing jumps or drops.
Guys at the LBS thought the RS Argyle was the go, but I’m interested in the Recon 351 … What sort of things should I be looking for in a fork? FYI the current fork is 2005 Dirt jumper 3.
John
Reconnecting with (and on) the pump track
Ah, it feels great to ride. Yesterday a small crew of us rocked the pump track at The Fix here in Boulder.
Let’s meet the cast, shall we?
Some fall clinic action
This is a great time of year for skills clinics. If you practice your kung fu all winter, you’ll be a master by spring.
Bonus: Yesterday’s weather was perfect.
Pump tracks: Building a tight 180
Hey Lee,
I’m in the early stages of building a backyard track with thanks to inspiration from your site and the awesome e-book. Over the weekend I started the process with building a 180 berm that is confined in a tight corner of our yard. The space between a fence and shed measures only about 10′ across so I’m actually building a wall with some landscaping wood and rebar to support the backside of the berm and save room for the berm itself. …
Pump tracks: Doing good things with bad dirt
Hey Lee, I just wanted to show off my first pump track to you. It’s a real small track, not too fast, but loads of fun and actually really difficult. It has a short uphill and two berms aprox 180 degrees. I didn’t keep track of how long it took, a built it over a few weeks though, with just me working on it for the most part. It’s dug straight into the ground. I’m in Wake Forest, North Carolina. I’ve attatched some pictures.
— Paul
Pumping at The Brickyard
Hi Lee,
I just wanted to let you know that I bought your Pump Track Nation book a couple of months ago and since then I have made a sweet pump track in my backyard. Here is a video that Justin from Lucent Productions made from last weekend’s get together.
-Tom
(Keep reading for a sweet video.)
Whiteface Pump Track Endurance Challenge
Wilmington, New York, is pretty far from Boulder, Colorado, but this event is gonna be awesome.