Pump track question: Stacking dirt too high?
I am preparing to build a track like yours.”lee’s pump track” With a high water table I have to import dirt. I’ve made my french drains, and planed it all out. I saw a video clip of yours and got concerned. If I import dirt should I expect to see my track close to twice as tall as yours? that would be fine but will it ride as fast? I want to feel confident that if I spend a dump truck load of money on 8 dump truck loads of dirt that I will have a track that rips.
Ron
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Hey Ron,
Yeah sweet fun style!
If you import dirt, your track will stick up twice as far as mine does (because mine is dug into the ground). If you follow the proportions detailed in the ebook Welcome to Pump Track Nation, the track will rip in a big way.
Buy the dirt. Water. Pack. Water. Pack. RIDE!
From a sesh last June:
Brian Lopes is in town to see his friend Ernesto and set up a track for the Jeep King of the Mountain Race in Vail. |
As you might expect, he was ripping it pretty good. |
Fast and low, low and fast. |
Factory Clay Watson with the crossover approach. |
Partial cast list: Bobbi, Petr, Grant, Ryan, Jon, Clay. |
Dylan is the manual master. |
Evan’s intense like a Wolverine. |
James cuts through the yard — and a throng of fans. |
Out of the berm and over the tricky little double-table. Sweet style. |
There it is. |
Everything about Joey’s turn is tight and right — except for that tuft of hair. |
Joey rips the Patio Straight while Hershey plans his next move — usually onto the track. |
That Jon Watt — I’ll tell you what. |
Waaatt Waaaaaatt Waaaaaaaaatt!!! |
Super low, looking where he wants to go, letting his bike follow the high line. |
To nail this transition, you have to pump this berm VERY hard. |
I’m supposed to be on a Caribbean island right now. But with this in your yard, why travel? |
Lopes takes careful notes. |
Have I mentioned the P.1 rips? This is probably the best dollar-to-fun ratio in the sport. |
Petr Hanak, shortly before his axle snapped. |
Petr rocks my SX. Funny: That bike does things with him that it won’t do with me. |
Zach is the newest member of our merry band, and he’s learning to rip like a champ. |
Alas, this track is no more … an innocent victim in the divorce.
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Everything you need to know: Welcome to Pump Track Nation
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