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03-20-2013, 12:30 PM #1
And so it begins, my blank canvass to paint, mold, er, something.....
Haven't been around these parts in a while. Life has just kind of gotten in the way. Well, that and living in the mountain biking non-mecca. Back in August last year we moved into a larger spread and I've finally had a chance to bring the riding home, so to speak. This is my evolving thread of trying to figure out just what to do with my back acre or so. I have some sort of pump track/trails combo in mind, but who knows. I just know I've got a LOT of work to do, but at least I have a tractor at my disposal and I've finally gotten started....
And yes, these three rascals can also explain my lack of skiiing/riding the last few years.
Oh, and the weeds will be gone by Saturday. A guy is coming over to disc the whole area, then I'll get a tractor and scrape it nice and flat, getting lots of dirt to play with in the process.
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03-20-2013, 12:42 PM #2
Sick! That's exciting. Lots of potential there.
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03-20-2013, 12:45 PM #3
Color me jealous... if I lived in your area I'd be happy to help. My dream is to one day own 30-40 acres with my own pump track, skills course, and longer XC trail.
Depending on how much time and money you want to spend, I'd go with a pump track for the kids and a little skills course with bridges, drops, and some rock features. Nice!
Edit: Not sure how much experience you have building features, trails, etc, but this MTBR forum probably has some useful information:
http://forums.mtbr.com/trail-building-advocacy/
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03-20-2013, 01:45 PM #4
picnic table/BBQ in the middle to hang out at. Pump track around that. Skills/skinnies around the pump track. Jump line around the outside of it all. Epic backyard.
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03-20-2013, 02:05 PM #5
Some shade somewhere is always nice.
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03-20-2013, 02:31 PM #6
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03-20-2013, 02:37 PM #7
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03-20-2013, 02:52 PM #8
Heh, depending on the day, my wife just might endorse this idea.
At the moment, no plans for any skinnies or anything such, just dirt features. As for shade, I want to plant 50-75 or so eucalyptus trees and water the crap out of them so they grow fast. Should be nice and tall within a few years. Yeah, it tends to get warm here in the summer so shade would be nice.
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03-20-2013, 03:03 PM #9Registered User
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most eucalyptus trees don't provide good shade - they turn their leaves so the thin part faces the sun. Some adaptation that came from surviving Australian droughts. Do you know they are also renowned for dropping branches randomly once they get bigger? The insides of the boughs rot out.
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03-20-2013, 03:34 PM #10
Sweet looking project dood. Can't wait to see what you come up with.
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03-20-2013, 07:09 PM #11
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03-20-2013, 07:13 PM #12
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03-20-2013, 07:24 PM #13
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03-21-2013, 02:31 PM #15
i whole heartidly endorse this thread and can't wait to see where it goes. I would suggest maybe building some non-dirt features to reduce the amount of maintenance it needs.
When I moved my yard got 30% smaller, but i moved closer to biking. This back yard will build rippers out of your wee ones. My little guys love the local jumps, they would blow a fuse (in a good way) if I built something like this in the back yard, then my wife would blow a fuse (in a bad way).
Get dirty!More fucked up than a cricket in a hubcap
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03-21-2013, 02:36 PM #16
I've been wanting to do something with my yard...
We've got a nice canvas to work with as well.
everything past the fence to the trees near the powerline is in play.www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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03-21-2013, 05:51 PM #17
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03-22-2013, 09:49 AM #18
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03-22-2013, 04:06 PM #19
How to make flat work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZh-zO1trBM
This place is pretty legit.
I'll tell you the story behind '8 mile' some timeBesides the comet that killed the dinosaurs nothing has destroyed a species faster than entitled white people.-ajp
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03-23-2013, 09:51 PM #20
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03-24-2013, 07:31 AM #21www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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03-24-2013, 04:26 PM #22"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy. Your cares and tensions will drop away like the leaves of Autumn." --John Muir
"welcome to the hacienda, asshole." --s.p.c.
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03-24-2013, 05:11 PM #23
CS, where are you again? I forgot.
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03-25-2013, 09:31 AM #24
I am in Fresno, Ca. Well, more specifically, Clovis, but, yeah, smack dab in Central California.
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03-25-2013, 09:34 AM #25
Aha.
Dang, build Kidwoo a little torture dungeon, and let him just live there....
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