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Eldest OAB, old pallet and some dad time. Win.

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Posted : 31/10/2015 9:13 pm
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Bravo sir.


 
Posted : 31/10/2015 9:23 pm
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Ahhh, I did wonder what a 'booter' was. Another name for a 'ramp'.

My lad started with this...

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Posted : 31/10/2015 9:43 pm
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Awwww, I remember those days . . . old pallets, BMX, quality mama time 😆

Y2K throwback . . .

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Those shorts though . . . 😳


 
Posted : 31/10/2015 10:04 pm
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Come on, you have all done it....


 
Posted : 31/10/2015 10:17 pm
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Come on, you have all done it....

No pics, but....

Self + Raleigh Strika (Green, with oh so rad triple clamps!) + bricks + plank + PEDAL HARDER! + lack of jumping skillz = Nutsmash.

Ouch.


 
Posted : 31/10/2015 10:21 pm
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eye, but no pics unfortunately, we have made some nice dirt ones recently, 6ft plus that lob you to the moon (well not really the moon) but pretty close 😉


 
Posted : 31/10/2015 10:29 pm
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We have beginners woodwork in the garden. Goes up and down over the gravelled area (2ft wide) but the boys are still young. One side can be removed to make a small drop which the eldest can have a crack at soon.


 
Posted : 31/10/2015 10:37 pm
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That looks more like a "sender" to be honest 😉

Here's the last one I made.

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Posted : 01/11/2015 9:44 am
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I've got a pic somewhere of one we made from an old wooden slide a local playgroup were chucking out (about 16-17 years ago)


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 12:47 pm
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I heart building jumps. Here's one from last week [classification: sender]

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Posted : 01/11/2015 1:29 pm
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David, has the owner of that bike been launched into a tree above?


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 2:47 pm
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David, has the owner of that bike been launched into a tree above?

😀 Nooo! Not for mountain bikes; BMX only!


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 5:13 pm
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The eldest_oab was getting about 12-15' of distance off the jump today. 😯


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 8:43 pm
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some of my constructions:

1/4 pipe / transfer ramp

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gap to booter

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tabletop

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stunt ramp

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gap to step down

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drop to sender

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Posted : 01/11/2015 8:51 pm
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8)

We just reached a new level of 'sender' - or is that a 'booter'?

Who cares. Ye ha!


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 9:55 pm
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It's like a foreign language in here.

I thought a booter was someone with a heavy right foot in a transit and a sender was the buttons for the telly?

would be nice to be better at jumping but never really sure where to start or practice.


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 10:42 pm
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Only got a video of ours, no pics. Not even sure if it is a booter??? but certainly a home made ramp. Promise not to laugh at my mates misfortune... I dare you 🙂


 
Posted : 01/11/2015 11:16 pm
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Bringing some shonky to the thread

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Posted : 02/11/2015 12:11 pm
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MiniLugz practicing on jumps made by me and GrandaLugz

I had a small square of ply and 6 bricks when I was his age.

🙂


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 1:37 pm
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Some bolted together metal, and my then 8 year old niece. And a proud uncle sat here!

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Edit: although I always thought booter = kicker = a jump with a steeper transition that kicks you up in the air? So this is just a ramp. Anyhoo.


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 1:45 pm
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David - the trails near Greenodd?


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 2:56 pm
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David - the trails near Greenodd?

Yeh; them's the ones Dave; middle multi hip jump thing.

Some air time from BITD

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Posted : 02/11/2015 3:15 pm
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Stayed just up the hill from them a couple of years back and had a good look at them then. Would love to have had a crack at them but no suitable bike that week 🙁


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 3:36 pm
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They've all changed alot in the last year or so; bit more tech now. There was two monster ones which have been taken down to make a 360 degree berm with. TBH, you'd need a BMX with slick tyres, otherwise you'd struggle to get through them with any sort of style. Been awaiting planning from the council for them for what seems like forever, and we chained them all up so you can't really ride unless someone is there with keys. I never bother now anyway, too scared and too shit!


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 3:44 pm
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Edit: although I always thought booter = kicker = a jump with a steeper transition that kicks you up in the air?

Kicker = smallish jump
Booter = larger jump

Both I would only use for jumps with no built up landing i.e jumping to flat or into a natural downslope. Otherwise its just a double jump of various sizes.

Note this is not written in stone, just my understanding!!!


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 3:54 pm
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Ad hoc entertainment..

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Ready made fun

Definitely need to start building something bigger.. got a lot of wood lying around at home 🙂


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 4:07 pm
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8)


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 7:28 pm
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This thread is brilliant although querty, I see no shonky 8) . Might have to get the old booter/kicker/ramp/whatever out for another go! 😡


 
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Ad hoc entertainment..

The legend known only as Wes from Fife 8)


 
Posted : 02/11/2015 8:43 pm
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my favourite style of take off (and landings) to build -a "dirtbox"

time consuming to build, but lets you create elevation without using much dirt (if not dirt is available locally), its often much easier to import timber than dirt!

so much fun to ride as you are on a dirt surface rather than timber.

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