Lets see your home built obstacles
07-10-07, 10:56 PM
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Lets see your home built obstacles
I have just started riding and I am tring to get in as much practice as I can. So I want to build something in my backyard to that will help to get better. I need some inspiration though. So lets see them. What do you have in your backyard?
07-10-07, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by FlatFender
I dont have a backyard.
07-11-07, 09:57 AM
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I'll post pics in a minute, this ramp ROCKS!
Built today, feels great to finish a project successfully, although it's not straight, and crooked in some spots, that wont be a problem when actually jumping.
Built today, feels great to finish a project successfully, although it's not straight, and crooked in some spots, that wont be a problem when actually jumping.
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07-11-07, 11:47 AM
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Do the Dirt jumps count in the "obstacle" section ?? and if they are not in my backyard but I stil built them ? 
07-11-07, 04:32 PM
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Don't have a pic of only the jump but you can see most of it in this pic. Nothing big but a lot of fun when on a nice slope.
07-11-07, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by croscoe
I made this last week.
I'm thinking of making some sort of "floating 2x4" to work on my balance.
I'm thinking of making some sort of "floating 2x4" to work on my balance.
07-11-07, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DylanTremblay
Don't have a pic of only the jump but you can see most of it in this pic. Nothing big but a lot of fun when on a nice slope.
07-13-07, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mikejo
Something I built last week and one of the many signs I have been making for the trails on my property.
Here's a portable ramp we built. Super mellow transition makes for stepdown fun.
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07-13-07, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by gastro
Ha! Love the signs. How much land are you working with?
Here's a portable ramp we built. Super mellow transition makes for stepdown fun.
Here's a portable ramp we built. Super mellow transition makes for stepdown fun.
07-13-07, 08:57 PM
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woah awesome ramp. do you have the geometry or did you just redneck it? id love to make a ramp like that where it gives you some time to think on your way up that ramp rather than it feeling like you just hit a bump and shoot 10 feet in the air
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yes yes please!!!
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Originally Posted by gastro
Ha! Love the signs. How much land are you working with?
Here's a portable ramp we built. Super mellow transition makes for stepdown fun.
Here's a portable ramp we built. Super mellow transition makes for stepdown fun.
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07-14-07, 11:38 AM
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lol scan it gastro
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07-14-07, 03:32 PM
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How do you get that curve into it?
Hose it down and put a cinderblock on it?
Hose it down and put a cinderblock on it?
07-14-07, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by AlucardZero
How do you get that curve into it?
Hose it down and put a cinderblock on it?
Hose it down and put a cinderblock on it?
07-14-07, 06:51 PM
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lol ive built a curved ramp before, trust me just putting down plywood does not work! you would think it would, but it doesnt. you can soak it and let it sit so it curves or you can cut grooves on the underside, like 1 inch apart from the other one, about 1/8 inch deep into the plywood, and this will allow it to flex
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