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Pump tracks are one of my favorite things to ride and if I could every day
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go ride a pump track I would even though it kills my legs. The cool thing about pump tracks is that there's a very low barrier to entry
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You don't have to be a super skilled rider to have fun riding a pump track
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You can be an average rider and you're gonna just have fun because you just roll it around
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Riding a pump track builds up strength, builds up stamina, and it's ultimately
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going to give you a lot more bike control so you're a more confident and competent rider on
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the bike. Andy in the Discord was asking about a good bike for pump track riding. This is
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interesting because in my reviews I do street, park, and dirt but I don't really talk too much
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about pump track riding. He says, I'm a beginner to the whole pump track thing. I'm looking to get
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a bike. I'm five foot nine and 140 pounds on a good day. And so for Andy what I suggested for him
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and any of you guys looking for a pump track specific bike is you're typically going to want
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to look in the dirt area. And so when I review dirt bikes on the Dougster Bob app, the apps that
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score high in dirt are bikes that would also perform very well on a pump track. Okay. And the
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reason for that is that dirt specific bikes are going to have a bigger gear ratio, meaning you
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have a higher top speed You can pedal and get more speed going into the pump track They going to have a bigger frame a bigger wheelbase more mellow geometry like a 74 degree head tube angle a 13 to 13 chainstay The geometry is going to be bigger because this
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gives you more control and more stability at high speeds. If you're riding fast and you have a really
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responsive bike, it feels like you're going to die. If you're riding fast and you have a mellow
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bike, it feels pretty good. And so when you're riding a pump track, you're going to need that
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race bikes have an incredibly long chain stay. And the reason for that is because they're going
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really fast and they need that chain stay to be very mellow for them so they can keep up those
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high speeds that they do, especially going over those bumps. Pump track going to be very similar
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And actually, you know, one option is like, I see a lot of people that race show up to the pump track
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here and they show up with their race bikes, obviously, and they just use it for practice
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And so looking at race bikes might not be a bad option. I don't know everything about race bikes
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and I don't talk about race bikes very much, but if you want a BMX bike that can do the pump track
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can ride dirt jumps, you know, can do other things, then I would look at something dirt specific
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And I'll link a few of those bikes that I think are good for pump track riding down in the
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description. Now this question came from my BMX nerds Discord. This Discord is a free Discord with
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over 800 like-minded BMX riders. Everybody in there wants you to progress, wants you to be
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better at riding bikes, and if you're not in the discord, you're definitely missing out. So click
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the link in the description, join the free discord, and we'll see you guys in the next video
