Trials / Street Practice Obstacle Ideas?

Hey all, I'm considering putting together a trials/street style obstacle
setup in my back garden, using easily available materials (wood, long
screws, Makita, pallets, possibly a cable drum) and was wondering if you
had any ideas for obstacles I could use to improve my overall street
ability. What materials should I use, and would covering the wood with
something like carpet increase traction & save me injuries?

I'm pretty good with hopping, crank landing (incl. to rubber), but want
to improve skinny riding, beam hopping (from one narrow object to
another) and rolling hops. I'd also like something to practice pedal
grabbing onto.

I've put together (just quickly in paint) an idea i've had, so you can
take a look and comment. If you have any ideas for obstacles and can
describe them well enough i'll try and add them to the current
picture.

Loose.


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Looks good to me.
I'd have more pallets at different highs tho.

If you start off with only a little to practice on, just move them round
to suit yourself.

I'm looking out for wood at work to bring home for skinny practice. Also
wanna make some sandwich boards.

Good luck, and post some pics/video when you get it together,


Joe


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Cheers joe. I've got loads of materials cos my dad kind of hordes wood &
stuff. The ground isn't as flat as in the drawing either, so once its
all levelled and set up properly the distances between palettes
(vertically) will probably be more than a single palette height. I've
got a design for a movable skinny beam that i'm working on at the
moment, i'm going to get it built over the next couple of days...

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You should jave some way of taking stuff apart and moving it,because
once you do somthing a million times,it gets easy and you might want to
make it higher/farther/harder.


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looks good to me , i agree with the last post, it should be removeable
so you can change teh set up and heights.

man you must have a big back garden, this sorta thing would never fit
any where in my garden, plus the fact my parents would never allow it.

thanks for the design though you have inspired me to make some of my own
obsticles.

thanks

joe


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Cheers for the comments, I'm going to make it out of pallets mainly, so
they'll unscrew and move about pretty easily... Plus theres a lot of
room up there, so i'll be able to vary is a lot, from easy warm up stuff
to things way outside my current skill level.

Loose.


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A tip:Use wedges.Cut the ends off of scrap wood into wedge shapes,use
them whenever somthing wiggles or isnt stable enough(like pallets or
anything)It works great.


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Cool, cheers . I was thinking we might need some, since the ground
isn't the flattest in the world...

Was also thinking of staking some of the pallets down, to keep the whole
thing more together.

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i never bothered screwing my pallet stacks together. or attching most
things 'securely" i did make a bunch of skinnies/gapping bars which i
screwed together but the pallets were just stacked.


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i've never had to screw pallettes down/together, always seem to be
plenty firm enough without. You will quickly get bored aswell, so its
nice to be able to jus pick them up and put em somewhere else/the other
way up or whatever.


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