[N8 v2.0]

Better Homes and Pump Tracks
November 14th, 2005

Does mowing the lawn make you yawn? Are the daisies making you crazy? Well, forget all that and turn your yard into something fun and useful: a pump track. We recently transformed a back yard here in Boulder, and I must say it came out nice.

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[stinkyboy]

Does mowing the lawn make you yawn? Are the daisies making you crazy?

Did you write that?!

 

[Ciaran]

Now I really need to buy a house! That's awsome.

 

[robdamanii]

SWEEET!

Treesaw, are you checking this out?

 

[Slugman]

Now I really need to buy a house! That's awsome.

Where in SoCal are you going to buy a house with a 40x50 yard?!?!?

Wait - did you win the lottery!

 

[jimmydean]

I am doing something like that, but all wooden stunts. My wife would kill me (as would my landlord) if I dug up the grass, so I am building over it to be torn out in the spring.

I start work this weekend and should be done in a few weekends. I'll post picks.

That is great though, I wish I could do that!

 

[Ciaran]

Where in SoCal are you going to buy a house with a 40x50 yard?!?!?

Wait - did you win the lottery!

Well I didn't say WHERE I wanted to buy a house now did I?

40 feet X 50 feet isn't that big.You can find houses on lots like that in riverside and San Berdoo counties. Look for horse properties.

 

[COmtbiker12]

Well I didn't say WHERE I wanted to buy a house now did I?

40 feet X 50 feet isn't that big.You can find houses on lots like that in riverside and San Berdoo counties. Look for horse properties.

I'd say that's about an average size backyard for a normal suburban Colorado house. Seems like Lee definitely took advantage of it, probably one of the coolest guys I kinda know.

 

[Cooter Brown]

I'm on my way home right now to lay out a track like that in my back yard

*edit, just got home and measured, the back yard is 48' x 60', Oh Yeah! Let the work begin

 

[Full Trucker]

i can't wait to get off these damn crutches and give that pumper a bit of the old what-for.

 

[N8 v2.0]

i can't wait to get off these damn crutches and give that pumper a bit of the old what-for.

You have access..???

neaky:

 

[H8R]

My neighbors are SO bummed when we buy the house we're renting.

 

[Full Trucker]

You have access..???

neaky:

Totally. Lee is a friend of mine here in Colorado... stand up guy, that Lee I tell ya.

 

[Mike B.]

I pitched the idea to my wife yesterday to convert our side lot that is about 60x180. She didn't say no. I'll be laying something out soon, just have 4 large trees to avoid is all.

 

[COmtbiker12]

Totally. Lee is a friend of mine here in Colorado... stand up guy, that Lee I tell ya.

Lee's definitely one of the coolest guys I've met at the races and what not. (Evan maybe you can get me in on that awesome pumptrack action )

 

[Bldr_DH]

I might have to do something like that to my yard. Hope the weather stays nice enough to get something built. Tony, you gonna be in Boulder anytime? Help me build!

 

[rooftest]

40 feet X 50 feet isn't that big.You can find houses on lots like that in riverside and San Berdoo counties. Look for horse properties.

Uh.. that's only 2,000 square feet. You'll need much more room than that for horses.

Even Orange County's got plenty of houses with backyards that size!

 

[pnj]

I'm a pretty mellow, nice guy but I freaking HATE pump tracks and the people that ride them....:nuts:

 

[Ciaran]

Uh.. that's only 2,000 square feet. You'll need much more room than that for horses.

Even Orange County's got plenty of houses with backyards that size!

Well the article said the TRACK was 40 X 50. I should have clarified... you can find a place with a lot that has enough free space in the back yard for a 40 X 50 foot track.

but yeah, you need alot more than 200 square feet of land to have horses.

 

[allsk8sno]

I'm a pretty mellow, nice guy but I freaking HATE pump tracks and the people that ride them....:nuts:

haha yeah if you have space just make some DJ's...and "pump" those, throw in some berms and then...more jumps..
i can't wait to own a house/yard(acres hopefully)

 

[sanjuro]

Well, I know someone who moved to a gated community, and he wants to build some jumps in his backyard. His wife insists it is attractive, so he is planning on bringing in a landscaper/jump builder. If it ever gets done, I hope to have pics...

 

[Joe Pozer]

Well, I know someone who moved to a gated community, and he wants to build some jumps in his backyard. His wife insists it is attractive, so he is planning on bringing in a landscaper/jump builder. If it ever gets done, I hope to have pics...

The question is, will the Home owners Association allow them to keep the jumps?

Hopefully they won't make them tear the jumps down.

 

[blt2ride]

Well, I know someone who moved to a gated community, and he wants to build some jumps in his backyard. His wife insists it is attractive, so he is planning on bringing in a landscaper/jump builder. If it ever gets done, I hope to have pics...

He might want to check with the homeowners' association first. Typically, most homeowners' associations are impossible to deal with; most of the members are on power trips. I hate to say this, but it probably won't fly.

On the other hand, he SHOULD be able to do whatever he wants to the backyard of his own home...

 

[sanjuro]

The question is, will the Home owners Association allow them to keep the jumps?

Hopefully they won't make them tear the jumps down.

He and I had this discussion. For one thing, it is his backyard, and this technically is no different than putting in some new bushes and trees.

On the other hand, he might be the richest person in the Cul-De-Sac, so that is helpful.