Building a Family Bike & Skate Ramp
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Today we build a family-friendly kicker ramp for bicycles, skateboards, and scooters. The family ramp is fun for all ages, easy to move, and still capable of some serious boost! Because the curve does involve a little trial and error, I'm leaving rough measurements and materials below. Have fun, and improvise to make your ramp even better than mine.
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MATERIALS
1 4x8 sheet of plywood 23/32
4 2x3's
1 5/8 drywall screws
OPTIONAL MATERIALS
Sheet metal
Casters
Finishing washers
MANDATORY TOOLS
Drill
Jigsaw
OPTIONAL TOOLS
Circular saw or Mitre Saw
Sander
Metal cutting blades for jigsaw
DIRECTIONS
Trace the shape of your ramp on the plywood. Mine was 6 feet long and 1 foot high, with the main transition being 4 feet and the back slope at 2. Use the first cut to trace the second, and make sure to use as little of the plywood as possible. If you do it tightly and neatly, you can get a 28" wide surface out of the rest of it.
Cut your beams 1 inch shorter than the surface. I my case the beams were 27" since the surface was 28". Cut as many beams as you can out of the 2x3's, and use them to frame out the ramp. Use two on the bottom and the rest on the transition. Use two drywall screws per beam.
Soak the plywood water, or keep it wet for 2 hours. Lay it flat on the ramp, fasten one end with 4 screws, and work your way up the ramp beam by beam. Bend it slowly and use patience, spraying it down if need be. Going too fast or using too tight of a curve will cause the wood to break.
Cut a piece of sheet metal as wide as the ramp, take off the sharp edges with a file or grinder, and screw it into the bottom of the ramp using the finishing washers. If you are only riding this with bicycles then this may not be necessary, however it does protect the bottom of the ramp.
The easiest way to add casters to the ramp is to screw 3 of them into the side in a triangle configuration. By tilting the ramp on to the casters, you can wheel it around. Optionally, you can add a handle or cutout to make this easier.
Thanks to my sponsors for helping make this video possible
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The ramp you left/donated at virginia key is my absolute favorite. I've learned to jump on it (falling a few times but finally getting some pretty good air) and I will practice on it for hours. It sucks I never got to meet you personally and thank you for it but hopefully you see this message 😊
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My name is also Isaac
Which trail is it on
SLAV INATOR ur mum
Sick bro that’s cool this UA-camr is in our growth story he his in mine to
HUCK IT GRANNY! I love this woodworking stuff, dude. You're a mad MTB scientist.
HUCK THAT SHIT GRAMPA. That’s the best I’ve heard xD
Lol
@Beau Martin agreed
@Keaton Heath why are you hacking your girls acct? Maybe work on your self esteem...
Built this for Christmas 2019 but with swivel castors for extra mobility. My kids hit this every day during the COVID-19 quarantine. Thank you so much for sharing your lightweight, family-friendly design!
They slapped your green circle trail and Drama sticker on the side and call it "No Drama".
kainpwnsu I’m about to build one for my kids during the quarantine too. I’m having trouble with the curve for the sides of the ramp though. How would you describe yours?
@@benbryan1846 I started by drawing the curve on graph paper, and then built a scale model out of cardboard. Doing so helped me practice with the shape and play around with options.
I'll post a video with my ramp.
I was really liking the other version of this, but really think this is better for my kids and their little 12” wheel bmx’s.
When you lift the plywood out of the truck it bends? We bought a 23/32 thinkneass and it doesn’t bend at all so then we went and got 19/32. We live in Colorado and it’s very dry here. We have sprayed the wood with water in and off for two hours and it’s not really bending. The bottom screws popped out... what are we doing wrong?
@@micheleamidon6281 I think I ended up getting 11/32, which is 1/3 inch thick, because I was worried anything thinner would break. It took a LONG TIME to bend (I live next door in Utah). About 4-6 hours seems about right (I did it in 1 hour and cracked the top.) Lots of water and patience is required.
Tell me....
WHY ARE ALL YOUR VIDEOS SO RELAXED TO WATCH?!
Your quality = Perfect
Your voice = Chill to listen at
Your editing = Insane man
Camera angles and other stuff = Again... perfect!
I can see that you are putting much time in your videos and that makes it really nice to watch the videos.
i agree
GalaxygamesNL i agree too
so true
GalaxygamesNL hotel=TRIVARGO
Screw doing homework, Seth uploaded a new video!!
Josh Turner Same here haha
Same
So true
supposed to be doing homework but watching seth instead !!
YES!
Overall great build and ideas, but one thing I believe that might clean things up is on the metal if you counter sink the screws, rolling opposite onto the ramp then metal coping might catch due to those screws sticking out to grab you skateboard wheels. Good job Seth.
murf003 thank you for saying that and to move it around is pretty weird too
Yep, countersinks screws is the way.
True
Made this yesterday with my 10 year old. We had to improvise the design a little so that I could use material I had in the shed (no shops open due COVID19). Works a treat, the 10 year old and 9 year old love it, the 6 year old is building up the bravery. Thanks for the inspiration.
3:27 Hearing the jigsaw start up with the blade in your hand had me pucker up a bit there.
Haha, I stopped the video to make this comment and saw that that you already did. I clenched up when I hit that point in the video.
@@speakingdreams Me tooo bro :)
Seth could make a whole skatepark out of all the kicker ramps hes made.
Moocream je made 3 ramps.___.
R4ndmMedia it's 4 you idiot homosapien.1 small, 2 big, and the chopping board ramp.
Sry but this would be a pretty damn lame skate park
Can't skate on it bc of the screws you would hit it and just stop and fly of the front so it wouldn't be could for scooters or skateboards
His bike park would be pretty sick on a mountain board
Johnny wouldn't give you any purple heart for his one? :D
Skills! I especially liked The portability/wheels solution I wouldn’t have thought of that in a month of Sunday’s!
Thanks Seth. Another great video. Going to build one of these to take camping. Great time to practice jumps with the kids!
Thanks so much Seth - built this ramp for my 4 year old and he loves it! followed your instructions, just changed all the measurements to metric. (we are in France). Love your vids too.
Can you send me the measurements
Post measurements here please
Please do some more work on berm creek !!!!
Yes!!!
Sandra !! He needs a wall ride of some sort at the berm. I hope it is something like the nine knights battle axe, or a jump up on to a wall ride.
yes
Please!!!
Yes please we love berm creek!!!!!!!
Thank you seth you have inspired me to make my own bike workshop and ramps. I always watch your videos and hope that you will carry on with youtube.
Seth as inspired me to start mountain biking making ramps and other stuff for me and family members... i love you vids seth keep it up
Seth: "I'm not extra"
Also Seth: *fold out wheels on bike ramp*
2017 Nobel Peace Prize nominee: Seth's Bike Hacks
Alex Lewis inventing a mobile light weight bike ramp that your grandma could set up for you to ride over in your big wheel is a brilliant frikin idea 🤘
True true he does deserve a noble prize lol
Walt Robinson
Walt Robinson l
Walt Robinson ii
Seth, your videos are leaps and bounds ahead of any other MTB channel. The quality and variety are unrivaled.
Aw man that's so freaking awesome. When I was a kid I made ramps out of whatever scrap we had laying around the farm. Using quality material and a plan seems like a great idea! Lol.
5:55 love the way he says scooter wheels
Do a video on what to do before biking. Like a bike check and personal check
Cody Schleth check if you have some arms and legs and check if you have a helmet and water and if you're going longer then one hour take food
I like when you build things and you use them on the channel. These are one of my favorite types of videos
Your videos are so soothing.
Amber Turner ummm. Ok 👌
Love your videos I appreciate the work u putinto these vids
I've always wanted to try to soak and bend plywood
So that’s how they do it I never knew that’s cool
@@1993MAZDAMIATA I would always be asking how they bent the plywood, and people would explain the process, but I had never seen it done. Of course they always made it sound so easy, and I was stupid for asking lol. 90's skaters man
Love the Box 1 bike!!! And the ramp is so cool! Keep the fun videos coming!!!
I really love this video ! I am watching it every evening. Thanks Seth for all your motivation doing videos for us and I’m happy that you have a bmx race bike, because I also have one.
Just saying it would pretty gnarly to put that ramp at the end of the drop at berm creek. Not permanent, just until you have a massive crash. :)
Please do a video on the box BMX
Finally got around to building one of my own. Should’ve been more patient with the bending. I got a little bit of splintering but I’m gonna cover it in 1/8” Masonite. Turned out pretty good for my first ramp! I think the kids are gonna dig it.
What thickness plywood did you use? I'm about to tackle this project myself...(and is mason expensive?)
Gotta love the Asheville "weirdo" on the moped chopper at the end!! Keepin Asheville Weird for sure!!
Home run once again dude!
I have to get used to this new bike
Casually does a 360 off a tiny kicker
You just make everything look so smooth man
finally, someone that puts the beams in properly when constructing a ramp!
You ate my inspection
Is this an autocorrect fail?
You should spray paint it
Like if you wanna see it spray painted
Nice build Seth, enjoy watching your video's
I'm convinced Seth has the best life ever.... Dude gets to ride SICK bikes, work with whatever company he chooses and does what he likes/wants to make a living... How KICKASS is that! You the MAN Seth!!!
Favorit channel
Seth I am still struggling with some of my BMX skills can you do another BMX video those were probably one of your best videos in my opinion
Thank you. u have helped out a lot, I'm making my own trail s in my yard for my mountain bike
Great ramp just built thanks Seth
Wassup seth. You should check out some Knoxville Tennessee bike trails. Here are a few you should consider: Baker creek preserve(cruze valley run, Barn burner,devil's racetrack); or sharps ridge bike trails, haw ridge bike trails. BKXC and Alexander went to baker creek preserve during redemtion 17 trip. Very fun and cool local trails
Nice job, but I think your plywood is 11/32 and not 23/32.
I was wondering about that as well. I bet 3/8 would work too.
Agree - 23/32 is not flexible enough to bend this much. Headed back to Home Depot to pick up a thinner surface
@@jdd147 I'm really pissed off i have to go back and get another piece of wood. Sucks he made that mistake in the specs.
Ok boomer
Glad I read this before I started cutting. I bought the 23/32 and came back to the video to double check because there is no way this board will work. Did 11/32 work?
This and the small kicker go great together
Genius. My kids would be stoked on that.
NOICE
NoahBoostmaster u are first
GOOOOOAD!
Do another bike squad video
Shamu Gaming and add a ramp squad section
I love the design of those wheels
Simple and awesome, especially for lil riders.
you should name your youtube channel Seth's LIFE hacks
I think you may have listed the wrong size plywood in the description. I bought that size (23/32) and found it incredibly inflexible. It is 4-ply, and very thick, whereas the plywood in your video looks as though it's only 3-ply, and it is very flexible even without water. All-in-all, my wood snapped and now I need to spend $40 more. So what thickness plywood is appropriate?
This ramp is great and I will definitely use this tutorial
For a rad-MTBer, you've got some definite building skills. Thanks, very cool.
Hey Seth what if you fill a bike frame with helium? Will it be lighter?
Late reply, but the answer is no. Helium is less dense than Oxygen so it takes more Helium to fill up the ramp, which in turn gives the same weight.
Tyler Rocamora he is speaking about a BIKE frame
Either way it works the same
@@tylerrocamora822 are you joking? Helium is less dense than nitrogen. So the same volume weighs lesser.
But the change is very insignificant. It saves you 10 grams for 22.4 litres.
No.....but you will sound like Chewbacca channeling Michael Jackson when you snap that frame😂
Send it !
Seth, great video. Thanks for the how-to. I have been wanting to build a ramp for a while. This looks perfect. I will try sometime soon. I think it'd be nice to have a stealth handle on the opposite side where the wheels are, to facilitate transporting this without having to bend over. Us older folks may be able to shred, but we're not all able to stay stooped over to push as ramp around like that. Haha!
Thanks for posting this video. I took a lot away from it. Appreciate you man!
"I decided to make it safe for skateboarders and scooter riders aswell"
*Proceeds to attach the metal plate with small rock sized thingys under the screws*
This is how many times he said ramps
↘️
Incredible. I have a project to do over the next while. Thanks
Thats a great idea with the ramp. I may have to make one.
as some one how races bmx for a sport just watching you do 360s and jump with out a transition landing made me cringe as i would never use my 3 to 4 thousand dollar bike for some thing its not meant to do especially because those bikes are made to be stiff and land on a landing ... not flat but epic video man
Stunted Crew yeah the bike he is using is in no way meant for that
+Stunted Crew that was the point! Thanks dude
Seth's Bike Hacks #1 best way to snap those forks
Ok Seth but one thing is for sure and that's that you will never see me doing that on a race bike expicially on one of that cost
Box wants you to see him doing those tricks on that bike. That's why they're his sponsor.
How about a 360 Degree Ramp?
İ don't think that is possible
That's a really cool little ramp. Nice work, man!
Sweet this was a great start for our first ramp
2:15 new bmx???
Is that the one???
Ajax Bleach
it was the bmx BOX sent to him
trevortni 09 thx I just wanted to know if that was the se or the box
Yes it’s new, he discussed it a bit later in the vid
Ajax Bleach you mean the black one right, it looks awesome.
wtf is that bike at the end?! xD
Marko MLG its a race BMX
More vids pleaseee! I can't wait until the next!!! Love your channel!!!
I just found your channel because I'm looking at making some ramps and I instantly subbed you're a really good youtuber. I hope you get 500k soon and keep the good vids coming.
Get a slope style bike
Seth is a dad!?!?!?!?
No
Sick ramp! 🤙 I wish I had the tools and stuff like that!
Pls buy them and pass them on to your kids. Be the Dad modern society doesn't want you to be.
For reference: drywall screws are super hard and brittle. If things loosen up at all don't be surprised if you start shearing a bunch of them off. I would recommend deck screws all the way.
Sweet wheel system!
Do a face reveal at 500k
Jason Voorhees wot
You can see his face in the video
First to comment oh yeah
XBUW 94 I
GG Seth.......as usual, always on point😀
Totally awesome, you're the Boss!
I race BMX
Johnny Sullivan loves hockey cool
Is bmx racing fun
I only ride park
Same
Same her I race bmx on a freestyle I've never lost a race yet
SICK video Seth, Awesome idea looks so much fun! GREAT JOB
I am just uploading a new video, i made a fingerboard quarter pipe(kicker ramp) if you could check it out that would mean sooooo much to me Seth!
My best creator on UA-cam this means a lot because i built a ramp out of just like a wood sheet I don’t know what it is and I found lots of slates in my name back yard so I built it like that and with a bit of metal this will help me do a ramp out of a pallet now man tha ks
Sweet ramp dude. Been getting into building some rudimentary things out of wood since getting a nice set of cordless power tools, might have to give something like this a try!
That shoelace trick is incredibly clever
Thx Seth. Really was waiting for another vid😀
Great video, entertaining from beginning to end, Best channel on YT.
Looks like a great idea! I wish my whole family shredded.
Excelente amigo y grx por los subtitulos
I love your videos, I could watch you every day!
my favorite channel, great job seth!
That bike is sick man, box is so cool
Yes I love these videos Seth!
Hi Seth. Love the vids especially the berm creek ones. Could u do another one plz. Keep up the good work☺
SETH, LOVE THE VIDEO MAN, GREAT INFORMATION!!!!
Just built my first ramp. I see many more in my future😂
I opted for 1/4” plywood and 2x2s spaced at 6”. Very strong!
Ratchet strap and weights helped bend it after soaking it. Be careful not to sink screws in too far when the wood is wet 😬
Haven’t attached the plate yet but it definitely would benefit .
Just my two cents. Thanks for the tutorial👍🏻
Thanks to your informative videos I know that you "sessioned" the crap outta that ramp
Awesome content as always. Glad to see you back on a BMX. That was how I found your channel in the first place, the BMX tutorials you did in the beginning.
Seth I love your vids especially your MTB hacks there so useful
Cool ramp man!