PDA

View Full Version : My little Play Ground

va_tick
03-11-2008, 11:00 AM
So I've spent the past few weekends piecing together a small trials area in my backyard.

I'm happy with most of it for now, plenty of different lines to take that will hold me and my skill level over for a while. I will be adding things as time goes on.

Also, just found a decent section of rocks next to a creek thats only 500ft away from my house, i'll post pics sometime.

So now I should be able to ride as much as I've been wanting to during the weekdays! :werd:

Some pics of my new playground.......
muddyfox
03-11-2008, 11:32 AM
So now I should be able to ride as much as I've been wanting to during the weekdays! :werd:

Whats that supposed to mean eh!!!:wiggle:
Looks good mang, I'll have to come over and ride it.
johnglazer
03-11-2008, 12:03 PM
You guys should come ride it this weekend

okay! :momaru:
va_tick
03-11-2008, 12:29 PM
Whats that supposed to mean eh!!!:wiggle:
Looks good mang, I'll have to come over and ride it.

Yeah once I get un-sick, I plan to ride for about 2hrs before I head to work in the mornings, now that its getting warmer,YAY!
no_seat_no_ED
03-11-2008, 01:27 PM
are those shingles i see?
va_tick
03-11-2008, 03:01 PM
indeed, no slippy death wood to deal with when its wet
tybikes
03-11-2008, 03:44 PM
Very cool. I miss the days when I could go to my backyard and mess around for awhile. Some of those beams/poles would be real tough wet.
music_maj_34
03-11-2008, 05:25 PM
Sweet set up. I wish I had my own property to build something like that. I've been thinking about moving the one set up that I built a while back closer to where I live now cause all the pieces are still in the woods where I left them. (tons of pallets, huge spools, tires and long 6x6 poles.)
va_tick
03-11-2008, 05:29 PM
Very cool. I miss the days when I could go to my backyard and mess around for awhile. Some of those beams/poles would be real tough wet.


Yeah, thats why I figured I'd throw a few pieces of left over shingles I had on all the beams
KERNAL KLINK
03-11-2008, 05:46 PM
nice man!
Stikman
03-11-2008, 05:51 PM
Sweet set up you have going on there. Wish I could come ride it in the weekend :(
yard dog
03-11-2008, 07:15 PM
How'd you get that past the wife?
va_tick
03-11-2008, 07:33 PM
I told her I would paint it the same color as our deck, hahahaha. I dont think she visioned what I really had in mind....

sucks, b/c i'm sick as a dog and cant even ride on it....its in the 60's this week here
KeepRollin
03-11-2008, 07:36 PM
stupid apartment....
tybikes
03-11-2008, 08:13 PM
If you end up painting it, you could put on some of that ceiling/floor grit (I forget what its called specifically). Basically you put down a layer of paint, throw this stuff on all the surfaces you plan to ride, and then repaint over it. Gives it texture much like shingles.

With that said, you'll actually improve a lot more if you don't have any shingles/grit on your stuff. Teaches you to be a lot more careful with wheel placement and really square yourself up on obstacles.
justtysen
03-11-2008, 08:15 PM
stupid apartment....
mikeyr89
03-11-2008, 08:49 PM
Nice Ryan! I see it's gotten a lot more sophisticated, and it looks awesome!
MIKE1968
03-11-2008, 08:49 PM
Looks really really cool.
RomanC
03-11-2008, 08:55 PM
Looks good. Ever considered getting large boulders for the lawn as a "rock garden"? I wonder how that would work in the communities that are uptight about the house/lawn appearance.
johnglazer
03-12-2008, 07:01 AM
Looks good. Ever considered getting large boulders for the lawn as a "rock garden"? I wonder how that would work in the communities that are uptight about the house/lawn appearance.

Dang! did that and it actually looks really nice.
esfrost
03-12-2008, 09:17 AM
Awsome playground, im sooooo jelous right now!
thetart20
03-12-2008, 09:21 AM
Looks good, nice to see some angles and balance lines rather than just boxes!
va_tick
03-12-2008, 10:14 AM
Looks good. Ever considered getting large boulders for the lawn as a "rock garden"? I wonder how that would work in the communities that are uptight about the house/lawn appearance.



I would love to but this is a much cheaper alternative.

Also I just found a nice little natural section of rocks 500ft away from my backyard. So I've got the best of both world right next to me.
RomanC
03-16-2008, 06:30 PM
Dang! did that and it actually looks really nice.
Pictars? I would really appreciate to see how it looks. Also it would be interesting to find out the price range.
johnglazer
03-16-2008, 10:00 PM
http://observedtrials.net/vb/showthread.php?t=30667&highlight=lakeside+trials+park

Looks like Dang! deleted the photos, but I'm sure he would be able to upload them again. I only have a couple pics from when we were setting it up... see below

As far as cost... a trade for a table custom built in a traditional Japanese rustic design. sweat equity I guess.

if I was to guess at the actual cost...
The street drug ROCK goes for @ $250.00 a ton (each one of those rocks weighed from .5 to 1.5 tons) plus delivery.
Rental of a mini @ $750.00 a day
Ability to operate the mini... priceless! (I just happen to be a licensed operator)


http://www.observedtrials.net/otn4/DSC00805.JPG

http://www.observedtrials.net/otn4/DSC00810.JPG

http://www.observedtrials.net/otn4/DSC00802.JPG


edit: couple more pics here
http://observedtrials.net/vb/showpost.php?p=475086&postcount=251
va_tick
03-16-2008, 10:34 PM
Finally got to ride the playground this weekend, it was everything I need. Lines to last me a good while....