How Do You Make A Freestyle Speed Ramp?
In the world of BMX bicycle riding, freestyle speed ramps serve as the platform, literally and figuratively, from which riders perform their tricks. Triangular in shape and just a few feet tall, freestyle speed ramps work as launch ramps that a bicyclist rides off of at various speeds depending on the type of freestyle trick or maneuver being attempted. This article will outline a design for, and explain how to make, a freestyle speed ramp. The directions describe a template—the sizes and dimensions may be adjusted to make freestyle speed ramps of any size. Draw a line with a pencil at a 45-degree angle from the lower left corner toward the middle of the plywood, forming one side of a triangle. Draw until the end of the line is two feet above the same bottom edge of the plywood from the corner that you started the line from. Draw from the end of the line straight down to the same bottom edge of the plywood to complete a triangle with two sides created by the pencil lines, with the bo
