At BUC someone had a little ramp + steps thingy for trials practice, anyone
know a) if these break down to be flat and b) if they’re home made or if
there is someone who makes them?
I saw some skaters with a tiny 2ft x 1ft ramp, made out of two 2ft x 1ft
pieces of wood, one cut a little short and then in half to make two
triangles for the sides and the other one being the top, with a bit of
bracing across underneath, I reckon this could be made with eye bolts
instead of screws to make it able to be broken down for storage. What sort
of wood should I use for something like this?
What these skaters had was like this http://www.geocities.com/oz_skateboarding/pyramid-a.gif I was thinking of
making more like a 2:1 angle which would give a nice 2ft drop at one end and
a range of hops and drops along it.
One of the most important things about building practice obsticals, in my opinion, is to keep them
simple. It’s a lot better to build simple objects that can be arranged in an infinite amount of
ways, rather than elaborate ramps or sections that can only be ridden in a couple of ways.
One of the most useful items in my opinion are folding billboards (sandwich boards). With a few
of these you can practice almost all of the major trials techniques and they are easy to fold and
store. 3/4" plywood is a good thickness, and the ridge along the top should be at least 3" wide
to prevent pinch flats. The best is to screw 2x4’s along the top inside edge and then put hinges
on the inside of the 2x4’s, so they can fold up. Sandwich boards are also more stable if the
bottom edge (along the ground) of each side is scalloped so that only the 4 corners touch the
ground.
-Kris.
— Joe Marshall <localhost@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> At BUC someone had a little ramp + steps thingy for trials practice, anyone
> know a) if these break down to be flat and b) if they’re home made or if
> there is someone who makes them?
>
> I saw some skaters with a tiny 2ft x 1ft ramp, made out of two 2ft x 1ft
> pieces of wood, one cut a little short and then in half to make two
> triangles for the sides and the other one being the top, with a bit of
> bracing across underneath, I reckon this could be made with eye bolts
> instead of screws to make it able to be broken down for storage. What sort
> of wood should I use for something like this?
>
> What these skaters had was like this
> http://www.geocities.com/oz_skateboarding/pyramid-a.gif I was thinking of
> making more like a 2:1 angle which would give a nice 2ft drop at one end and
> a range of hops and drops along it.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
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One of the cheapest if not easiest obstacles to practice on and are portable are logs. I made a little trials section for my bike out of various logs and stumps. 3 or 4 feet long (or as long as will fit into the trunk of your car) of various diameters to practice riding on or hopping up to, and small stumps to jump on. Easy to get and store and you can burn in the winter time and replace with bigger and better logs in the spring.
You can also add 2x4s for ramps and cinder blocks for things to jump on as well.
Lots of fun stuff to be had for free and you get to practice on uneven surfaces.
Oh yeah, make sure the logs are braced so they don’t move around on you:)
take two pieces of plywood or some sturdy wood.
hinge the pieces of wood with a couple of hinges or one long hinge
screw a piece of 2x3 or 2x2 to the tops and bottoms so they will be parallel to the gound,
add a chain on the side near the bottom of the boards keeping the boards from spreading apart totally
