I, with a little help from fellow bikers, am trying to gain permission to build a DJ/FR park or whatever you wish to call it, in Balerno, Scotland. We have a rough idea of what we wish to build and it will be for all abilities as well as a great place for mountain bikers to master their skills.
The Plan: we are hoping to build a pumptrack a line of tabletop jumps an intermediate line of gap jumps a larger line of gap jumps and a duel slalom course
The land is owned by Edinburgh council and we hope to gain permission to build the trails. There has been a Facebook page set up: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Balerno-Trails/191588778940?ref=ts We hope that everyone who is in support of the project and has Facebook will join the group.
You can also simply show your support right here on this thread.
Great guys, over 200 fans...gonna try get some petitions in some local Edinburgh bike shops, so if your in anytime, then please don't hesitate to sign!
Hello mate, good luck with your trails. Im doing a similar thing down here. One thing you'll probably need is to get the area safety checked as its council owned (this is usually done through RoSPA) basically needs a decent surface and a clearly defined start/finish area. I wanted to build a massive pump track with bowls, transfers and a nice set of trails down one side, but due to h&s bollox I cant.
It may be different up in Scotland but the best thing to do is chat to someone up there that has built trails already (on council owned land) to see what you need
Stick at it, working with the council means you WILL hit roadblocks but just keep on at it, I have and it looks like there will be some funding and a possibility of getting a chunk more land, so im hoping to get the dragon downhill guys to build a nice trail facility