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ramps
TwoBobRob:
I can help you with any backyard ramp setup. Name a budget and measure up the available space and I can build you something tasty :)
JT71:
i'M going to be putting a raised deck in my garden soon.
wondering if I can make pull out ramp that turns around and puishes up to the deck.
i must add i've not mentioned this to the wife yet.
2020mad:
--- Quote from: JT71 on August 29, 2008, 08:03 AM ---i'M going to be putting a raised deck in my garden soon.
wondering if I can make pull out ramp that turns around and puishes up to the deck.
i must add i've not mentioned this to the wife yet.
--- End quote ---
:LolLolLolLol: good luck.
moley:
I'm after a nice Curved Ramp that can vary in height. It doesn't have to be high as I want it to land on the flat!!
Needs to be variable so I can start on the lowest height and build up. Also needs to be able to fit in a boot of a car!!
I want to learn to jump and land properly. Just a more updated version than scrap wood and some bricks.
Length of the ramp has to cover the wheelbase of a BMX so it isn't such a shock when you hit it and a smooth transition instead of a kicker at the end.
I want to get into the air as smooth as possible without giving my rickety old bones too much of a jolt!
As I will be landing on the flat I want distance instead of height. I just want to get used to being in the air and landing.
Trouble with most BMX tracks these days is that the jumps are too steep and most are doubles with a severe lack of tabletops to practice your jumping.
If anyone can build one then LMK otherwise I'll have to have a go at building one myself!!
Which could be disaster!!! :LolLolLolLol:
TwoBobRob:
Moley, with all due respect, you do not want the ramp you've just described. It would be a masterpiece of engineering that would be crap to ride. Far too many compromises there.
It doesn't have to be high as I want it to land on the flat!! - explain please?
Also needs to be able to fit in a boot of a car!! - bike ramps do not fit in car boots, sorry bud.
Length of the ramp has to cover the wheelbase of a BMX - yip, good sense there, but see above.....
As I will be landing on the flat I want distance instead of height. - this is dependent on the run up available, an adjustable ramp thats nice at low level will turn into a fairly fierce kicker as you steepen it up due to the curve being fissled with as you adjust it.
One final thing. If I were to build you a small kicker that you could actually ride, it would take two people to lift it in and out of a vehicle, they're just not that light.
If you want to learn to jump and land properly, then you really have no choice but to start regularly riding a skatepark or track or trails and get stuck in ;)
Any space in your back garden?
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