The ABLE Project's 'BMX highriders' scheme received £8,374 from Big Lottery's Awards for All to create a BMX club for young people with special needs. We worked half a day every week (12 weeks) to self-build an innovative pump track in the grounds of Ravenscliffe High School and Sports College, Halifax, England. Calderdale & Kirklees Green Business Network managed the project and are now transferring the lessons learnt onto a new (10 acre) site in North Kirklees. The pilot track remains in place as a community resource.

[ last updated 18 November 2014 ]

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Watch our test runs


YouTube (24th November 2010)

YouTube (24th February 2011)

(We didn't do any work on site in December 2010 because of continued snow and ice!)
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Week 9: the numbers are in


This is the very last barrow of soil, which was wheeled in today. Our BMX Pump Track is 55 metres long, 1.2 metres wide, used 14 tonnes of soil and has 12 rollers. The track now provides 215 square metres (~2300ft2) dedicated to disability BMX.
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Week 8: bikes arrive (Mongoose Logo)



... and Casper T looks well happy with how the track is developing after just 4 days effort (click the photo to zoom in - on the track, not Casper!!).

Here is the spec of the bikes.

Read down the blog for the story of the track, so far ...
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