It's not real hard to search the web for images and ideas. But here is
this.

http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/pen...um2/index.html


"Paladin" wrote in message
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On Mar 27, 12:35 pm, " wrote:
I've decided to build some obstacles in my back yard so that I can
build some skill when I have 30-60 free minutes, as opposed to
spending time driving to and from the trails when I don't have much
time to begin with. I'm also thinking it will give me somewhere to
use the MTB when it's nice but all the trails are too muddy, as should
be the case for the next couple months.

In searching I found some stuff from CDB building in his back yard,
and Penny mentioning a folder full of digital pictures available to
anyone interested. It's 2-1/2 years later, but I'd love to see
anything like this. My yard is small and I want to keep it usable as
a spot to hang by the fire, so I'll be looking to build the stuff
that'll keep me the most entertained without taking too much space.

So far I'm thinking a double-hinged section of ladders (thanks CDB)
that pivot as I ride over them parallel to the back fence, with
perhaps a teeter-totter and/or an elevated sharp turn leading into or
dropping onto the ladders?

Any articles, books, pics or tips I should check out are appreciated.

TIA,

Dan


I just gave most of my stuff to a buddy, who has incorporated my
ladders & teeter totter into his pump track & skills area of his back
yard. I found I wasn't riding it as much as I thought I would, and he
has 3 crazy kids who love to ride that stuff with him. And I go over
there all the time anyway.

Penny's pictures are great.

I used mostly 2x4's and 2x6's scrounged from construction sites and
crap I had laying around. Make sure you screw the boards, not just
nail them. And be careful letting people walk on what you build. A
300lb well-meaning galoot named Sam busted a stair-step section I'd
made by putting all his weight down on one section.

Have fun.

CDB - formerly of North Shore Extreem