Going to build a small MTB trail. What should I put in it?

[Evelxte]

Any performance level

[HowardSteele]

Stepped rock steps/jumps of  different heights with a bypasses always great to be able to progress through the obstacles  

[Eddy Gordo]

Make it as hard and difficult as the stuff that you wish to ride. 

[Eddy Gordo]

What area you gonna be building?

[Undun]

Burms... Big ones.. into small double jumps. Then grow the jumps bigger.

[Eldron]

Table tops! Fun for the jumpers and pretty safe for the non jumpers.

Everybody likes berms.

Bomb holes - make sure there is drainage.

Pump sections.

I built a 500m track at my house and it is amazing what you can build just using the stuff you have lying around (I lived on a plot so there was a bit of a selection).

If you have a slope put the fun stuff on the way down and have a pretty direct route back to the top where you can give it some gas - interval training AND fun...

[Evelxte]

2 hours ago, Eldron said:

Table tops! Fun for the jumpers and pretty safe for the non jumpers.

Everybody likes berms.

Bomb holes - make sure there is drainage.

Pump sections.

I built a 500m track at my house and it is amazing what you can build just using the stuff you have lying around (I lived on a plot so there was a bit of a selection).

If you have a slope put the fun stuff on the way down and have a pretty direct route back to the top where you can give it some gas - interval training AND fun...

How long did it take

 

[Eldron]

35 minutes ago, Evelxte said:

How long did it take

 

2 days with a Boncat to create the basic layout and about a week with 1 guy to create around 8 features (start ramp, berns, table tops, bombhole, etc). 

[Eddy Gordo]

What part of the country you planning this? I could come lend a hand depending.

[Evelxte]

Its inland KZN Vryheid

[Robbie Stewart]

Seth knows what you want to do . . .

https://www.youtube.com/c/SethsBikeHacks/playlists

[Grumpy4]

I have built a mtb trail 2.7km , by hand my gardener and I now started adding fun sections.  Started during lockdown, key is make it flow and use the topography to your advantage, and table tops , berms and gap jumps are key but have alternate lines Around obstacles for beginners. Easy part is creating harder part is maintaining the growth of weeks and the like , make path nice and wide so u limit encroachment of weeds and grass. Also see if anyone can drop of soil in key spots that’s helps a lot , and get more from cycling community involved it takes a lot of work 

[Grumpy4]

https://instagram.com/cumec__park?r=nametag

[Eddy Gordo]

A small bobcat will do wonders in helping build and layout the trail, then you can just ad features. Use the bobcat just to clear vegetation then have a look at the natural line and decide what to ad where.

[The Ouzo]

some say all you need is a long paved section and a raw sewage water crossing.

[DJuice]

9 hours ago, Grumpy4 said:

https://instagram.com/cumec__park?r=nametag

Awesome!

Memories of the track build at a local primary school over a three year period.

Labour of love…was proud when I saw a child or grown-up use it. I am a desk jockey, left thumbs, was proud of the shovel work.

Unfortunately the School decided a rugby field more important…still no field..