BOOK: WELCOME TO PUMP TRACK NATION
Welcome to Pump Track Nation
How to build and ride the best pump track on Earth—Yours
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By Lee McCormack
Through www.leelikesbikes.com I get lots of questions about designing and building pump tracks. I answer many questions on the site, but I thought it was time to put all of the essential info in one place. This ebook contains never-before-published information about designing and building pump tracks. If you spend less than 10 bucks, you’ll spend less time building—and more time riding!
Pages: 25
Photos: 24
Diagrams: 17
Format: 3.5mb pdf file
Updated info on berm radius and roller height/spacing. These are the numbers I use for all my tracks, including the 2010-11 Sea Otter Classic pro pump tracks.
Ebook price: $9.99
I will email your pdf and password as soon as I receive the Paypal notice.
If you don’t see your ebook within 24 hours, check your spam and trash folders.
Print book price: $17.99
To order your print copy, go to the Welcome to Pump Track Nation page on CreateSpace (an Amazon affiliate).
Contents
• Pump Tracks are SO cool
• What is a pump track
• Know your pump track history
• Why build one?
• Convincing the authorities
• Choosing a location
• Two key ideas
• Grading and drainage
• Watering
• You’ll need these tools
• Let’s talk dirt
• Laying out your track
• Building berms
• Building rollers
• Building interchanges
• Build in this order
• Good shovel technique
• Riding your track
• Sample layouts (eight of ‘em!)
• Liability waiver – sexy!
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If you don’t see your ebook within 24 hours, check your spam and trash folders.
To order a print copy, go to the Welcome to Pump Track Nation page on CreateSpace (an Amazon affiliate).
Lee Likes Bikes Pingback November 12, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
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Martin Says April 6, 2008 @ 3:33 am
How about paypal?
leelikesbikes Says April 6, 2008 @ 7:48 am
Go to http://www.paypal.com and send $9.99 to calendar@leelikesbikes.com
I’ll send you a download link.
Thanks!
—Lee
Martin Says April 6, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
Thanks! Glad to support you in good work.
Greets from Lithuania
Hugh Says May 5, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
I bought the book last year. And have built a trak. Just wondering if you are ever in my erea could give some pointers or help in my layout. I just cant get it right. Have you ever built one for some cash?
Thanks
Hugh
leelikesbikes Says May 5, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
Yes.
– I do custom designs, fully documented so you’re ready to build. I’ve done these for parks, companies and private people.
– I can also get the track built.
Email: lee@leelikesbikes.com
vic Says May 6, 2008 @ 2:09 am
Man
I have been trying to buy the ebook but goolge and paypal won’t register me. I live in Australia they don’t recognise my state, Western Australia. Weird. Can I get a copy some way else.
leelikesbikes Says May 6, 2008 @ 8:56 am
Hmm, that’s a pain.
If you live in a place that neither Paypal nor Google supports:
Write me a 100-word essay describing how your pump track will make the world a better place. If the essay rocks, I’ll email you a download link.
Grammar and punctuation count! This will be graded (and maybe published).
vic Says May 6, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
LLB,
Must be my credit rating or something, one of the guys in my office has a paypal account that works fine he got the book for me, so all is well. 100 word essay thanks for that offer I still may send you one.
mad mike Says May 23, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
so what you are telling me is if i right you a 100 word essay about how i got my wife to let me build a pump track in my back yard you will hook me up with a free eBook.
it will be on its way
leelikesbikes Says May 23, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
You better spell “write” correctly, and I expect some punctuation. Here are the rules:
– It must have perfect spelling and grammar.
– It must grab me by the heart.
If you rock that action, the ebook is yours.
sarah brown Says June 25, 2008 @ 6:06 am
Dear Lee
My husband turns 40 soon. He is a lovely husband and a great dad. He has both our daughters on fancey bikes doing tricks and stunts as well as going to school or local shop. A pump track may not make the wider world a better place but would fill my little part of it with happy smiling faces. I plan to build one for them and have even brought a new spade for digging! unlike l’oriel they’re worth it!!
Make a birthday boy happy and send a link thanks -the cycling widow XXX
leelikesbikes Says June 25, 2008 @ 8:25 am
Done.
Alex Rofe Says July 19, 2008 @ 5:09 am
Is it still impossible to get this in australia? or is the 100 word option still there?
cheers
alex
leelikesbikes Says July 19, 2008 @ 9:36 am
You can buy it in Australia. Either use the Google Checkout buttons above, or go to Paypal and send $9.99 to calendar@leelikesbikes.com
Alex Rofe Says July 23, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
ok thankyou
Paul Worthy Says September 16, 2010 @ 2:43 am
Dear Lee
Me and my mate are starting a MTB club at our school which we will run, with the aim being to teach and improve other students bike skills, and provide a fun place for locals and students to ride. We have been allocated an area of the school playing field where we would love to build a pump track, but we lack experience in building them. Please could you give us a copy of your book to help make our project possible, as we have next to no money to spend on parts, tools and spades.
Thanks
Paul
leelikesbikes Says September 16, 2010 @ 7:33 am
Well written and to the point. I just send your ebook.
Michael Torbett Says September 26, 2010 @ 11:31 am
Dear Lee,
I am NOT writing you get something for nothing. However I would appreciate some mentoring if you have the time.
I recently helped build a track for my sons high school volunteerly and would like to build more for a profit.
I am a landscaper, so I have the equipment and skills for dirt work, dranaige and even irrigation. But need some help with the legal aspects (such as, what are my liabilities), contracting and marketing. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appeciated.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from you soon.
Michael Torbett
Nigel Oliver Says September 29, 2010 @ 8:05 am
Dear Lee
We have just started an innovative pump track project to encourage disabled youngsters in UK to aspire to activities they would not normally try.
The pilot (in the grounds of a Special School) will initially enable youngsters with less severe disabilities to take up the challenge of riding regular BMX bikes over a specially created dirt/grass track, complete with berms and rollers simulating The Fix.
We hope to develop a range of BMX bikes and track layouts to allow those with more severe disabilities to join.
Please can we receive an ebook to show on our Smart Board in assembly.
Thanks
leelikesbikes Says September 29, 2010 @ 3:40 pm
Nice! That gets a free ebook.
Razvan Damian Says October 18, 2010 @ 2:06 pm
Dear Lee,
I live in a big city situated in a flat plain area. In the summer, me and my mates are all going to the mountains to ride and eventually train for the downhill races we are going to attend in the season. When the season ends, some of us are starting riding street but others-loving dirt too much, are starting building dirt jumps or trails in the city parks – that are always distroyed later by the park autority. Now I think that building and riding a pump track will help us more on developing skills and core strength for the racing season that will come, but none of my buddies want now to work and not getting it right or destroyed. So if you are so kind and send us the book, I think that it can be the spark that will get us all together working with the dirt again and building a real pump track that can be lots of fun. Thank you !
leelikesbikes Says October 20, 2010 @ 9:39 am
Free copy, sent!
Tom Pearson Says February 5, 2011 @ 8:24 pm
Dear Lee,
I am 38, I grew up riding BMX bikes all day, every day, unless there was too much snow. I raced in the glory days of BMX in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Now I am dad of two boys (9 and 7), and one girl (6). I want to share my love for BMX with them, but it’s not like the good old days. The closest BMX track is over an hour away. The closest set of “trails” is 45 minutes away. The kids have nowhere to ride anywhere nearby them to get to any level of competency in the dirt. The answer = backyard pump track.
Thanks,
Tom
leelikesbikes Says February 20, 2011 @ 9:42 am
Hi again,
now i know where i know your name…you are the writer of the best mountain bike book that ever seen the light of this planet…mastering mountain bike skills is the absolut best book i ever read and it is in my summary the all time favorite. The pumptrack guide is also fantastic…please keep up your fantastic work…you make a perfect job man !
Greets from Europe
Fabian
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Wow, thanks Fabian. Rip it!
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leelikesbikes Says May 12, 2011 @ 7:29 am
Lee, I was on the fence about building a track and then I bought your book and it just killed – ahuge amount of info, laid out totally straightforward and logical. It enabled me to put a plan together, which in turn enabled me to pour the effort in (i.e. work like a dog!). It’s been a majorly fun and obsessive process, and tonight the track went pumpable for the first time. So flippin rad! Story here . . .
http://26inchslicks.blogspot.com/2011/05/pumpable.html
Your book has been invaluable, best money I’ve spent in a very long time. Just wanted to holler out a big THANKS!
Pat
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Racingpast Says January 8, 2012 @ 7:46 pm
Lee
bought the book and it has been helpful but I just can’t get it right. Do you ever do site design or do you still build for a price? If so I would be interested to know. Thanks for turning us on to pump tracks here in southern California.
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[...] Der Plan: Am Anfang reicht besonders bei wenig Platz ein einfacher Rundkurs in Form eines Ovals. Die jeweils zwei Geraden und Steilkurven können in beide Richtungen befahren werden. Als Hindernisse eignen sich drei hintereinander folgende Hügel, die man „durchpushen“ oder auch im Manual durchfahren kann. Mehr Vorlagen gibt es im Buch von Lee McCormack (Print oder PDF): http://www.leelikesbikes.com/ebook-w…p-track-nation [...]
Diana Says November 21, 2012 @ 8:08 am
Hey guys,
what about the pdf I ordered two days ago. Check your paypal account. Need them urgently.
Yours Diana
leelikesbikes Says November 21, 2012 @ 9:30 am
Hi Diana,
My emails I send to the address you provided are coming back undeliverable.
Can you please send me another email address?
Thanks,
—Lee
alessandro Says January 8, 2013 @ 7:46 am
hy i’m ALessandro,
the pdf I ordered 2/3 days ago. Check your paypal account. Need them urgently. thanks ale
leelikesbikes Says January 8, 2013 @ 8:23 am
Hi Alessandro,
I sent your ebook right away. Please check your spam and trash folders.
Rip it,
Lee
Giffin Says January 16, 2013 @ 10:39 am
Lee – I have your pump track book and have a quick question: who have you bought dirt from in the denver metro area? I need dirt and have contacted a few Craigslist posters with no response – any info is much appreciated! Thanks for all the help, Griffin
leelikesbikes Says January 16, 2013 @ 10:43 am
http://www.pioneersand.com/
si Says March 25, 2013 @ 5:18 am
Hi Lee, a mate gave me a copy of e-book on building pump tracks, but I decided to pay for it anyway as it has been an awesome help in the building of our backyard pump track
Design, drainage and dirt are done and I’m about to start shaping our berms, but due to the size and layout of the land it’s a little challenging. What advice can you give if you can’t get the mound of dirt back far enough from the riding line? You mention that “It’s almost impossible to get a nice shape by adding dirt; it’s much easier
to move dirt.” so I’m wondering how I can solve this? One thought is to use stone at the back of the berm to increase the height, and/or dig out the front some more. I’m also wondering if it’s worth creating a template of the ideal berm shape from a couple of sheets of MDF glued or nailed together, and then attach to the staked rope to help keep the shape.
You can see some photos here: http://goo.gl/Km967
In particular the western berm abuts the fence and I can only go back about 1 foot from where the riding line would (ideally) be. You can see I’ve already build a stone wall around the berm where the land drops away, so I could continue that for the middle part, and I figure the other end where it has been cut into the hill should be pretty easy to pack because of the existing dirt.
Cheers for any advice and thanks again for such a great book!