Anyone build a pump track in their yard?
05-12-18, 11:25 PM
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Anyone build a pump track in their yard?
We have about a 1 acre lot. The kid wants to build a pump track around the perimeter. I'm warming up to the idea. Anyone here do this?
05-13-18, 02:38 AM
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Not me. I even had to look it up. Sounds interesting, though.
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Is he going to help you regrade and restore in a few years when he moves out?
05-13-18, 05:35 AM
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Sounds like a great idea. But if he has friends that will use it too you have to consider sue happy parents into the equation nowadays
05-13-18, 06:24 AM
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This, it's called an attractive nuisance, pool, hot tubs, trampolines, etc fit under this. If you do it, you may want to look into fence codes for your situation.
05-13-18, 08:11 AM
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Is that 1-acre the lot your house is on? Or is it an adjacent lot that isn't otherwise used? You don't really have to consider this I guess...but what will your neighbors say? Of course it'll likely attract lots of other kids/cyclists. Like hillyman indicated above...there could be legal ramifications. You probably ought to check with your homeowners insurance to make sure you're covered. If a kid rides his bike to your house and crashes in your driveway...that is kind of and expected incident. But injury due to a crash on a track that isn't constructed to certain safety standards might be an issue.
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05-13-18, 10:43 AM
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the perimeter of an acre is a huge track! I think the ones I’ve seen have been more like a swimming pool and its sidewalk
05-13-18, 12:07 PM
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I had to look it up .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_track
05-13-18, 01:05 PM
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Is that 1-acre the lot your house is on? Or is it an adjacent lot that isn't otherwise used? You don't really have to consider this I guess...but what will your neighbors say? Of course it'll likely attract lots of other kids/cyclists. Like hillyman indicated above...there could be legal ramifications. You probably ought to check with your homeowners insurance to make sure you're covered. If a kid rides his bike to your house and crashes in your driveway...that is kind of and expected incident. But injury due to a crash on a track that isn't constructed to certain safety standards might be an issue.
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05-13-18, 02:37 PM
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05-13-18, 02:38 PM
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05-13-18, 02:45 PM
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By the basic description , the Olympic BMX Race motos were on pump tracks
My house is on a very small lot, any less and it might as well be a houseboat.
My house is on a very small lot, any less and it might as well be a houseboat.
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To the OP, mark out a small area, maybe 30 x 50, get a couple shovels and a wheelbarrow, and let him have at it. It's good fun and maybe he'll get a few friends involved to help out.
05-13-18, 11:31 PM
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I'm kind of thinking a loop trail around the yard with one or two spots with pumptrack-like features might be the way to go. Then I can ride my "gravel bike" and pretend it is cyclocross.
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I wish I had the space and motivation to build a pump track in my backyard. I like what Seth has done to his place and I hope one day to have something like that.
05-14-18, 02:45 PM
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I would start with local ordnance then move on to talking to your insurance company. Cool idea bu probably way more trouble than it is worth.
05-14-18, 03:22 PM
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05-14-18, 06:14 PM
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pet you Lance, Armstrong.