2010 Pump Track at St Marys Primary School Hastings

How to build a pump track!


Take 30m3 of clay based silt, 10m3 topsoil and 2 Dingos.  Place the basic shape of the track, shaping the berms 1st.  This will enable you to line up the rollers and plan how many 'pumps' you can fit in between each berm.  HINT!  the longer the straights the better because you eventually build enough speed to 'double' two rollers. 

Place the rollers and compact all the soil well.  Take special note in the video footage where the rollers are on the exits of the berms.  You need to use the berm to gain speed up the roller and then pump down it for the next straight to hold your momentum.  It looks easy but it's actually extremely tiring (and fun though).  Make sure you cut the berms quite steep - steeper than you logically think.  Cut the berms to suit.  Ride and tweek so that you can ride around the whole track without pedalling!

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