What is a Pump Track?

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With Lebanon Crankers BMX track for racing, those kids need a place to practice. Kids of all ages that is! Pump Tracks are very low cost, and can build community by bringing out volunteers to dig dirt! Shape it, create it, roll it, pump it!

What is a Pump Track?

A Pump Track is a continuous loop that can be ridden on a bike without pedalling. Pump Tracks are similar in look to a BMX track but may be constructed in a smaller area.

Pump Tracks can be hand built and maintained by local riders thus developing a sense of pride and ownership. Pump Tracks involve fast cornering, jumping, pumping and skilful riding.

Basic bicycle skills, transferable across many bicycle disciplines are obtained when using a pump track. They are fantastic for beginners and experts alike.

National, World Cup and Olympic Racers have gotten their start in places like this. Some have already come from this region of the Susquehanna!

Pump Track Benefits

The proposed Cornwall bicycle pump track is a skill builder for people of all ages. Riding the pump track, you will develop skills to make every bike ride more safe and enjoyable.

The pump track is also a community commons area. It will give everyone a place to meet and build real relationships with their neighbors, and that builds a safer place for us all to live and recreate.

You may ask: We already have a BMX track at the county fairgrounds, why do we need another?
Answer: The pump track is similar in some ways to a BMX track, but it isn't the same thing. The Lebanon Crankers BMX track is a facility built for racing. It is closed to the public for general riding, and practicing on the track is for pre-registered racers. The pump track is open to everyone, and is a place where BMX racers would enjoy and improve their skills, but it also is a place where non-racer type riders can ride and build their general bicycling skills too. In fact, if you can ride without training wheels, you will be able to ride the pump track.

Why build a pump track in Cornwall Borough?

• Less maintenance, water and chemistry than a lawn. Xeriscape with a purpose.
• Great technique training. For bikes, skis, snowboard, moto or anything like that.
• Great for overall fitness.
• Great for mental strength. Focus, discipline, confidence. Your grades will improve
• Keeps you near home, near your beloved family. Family values!
• Hours and hours of fun in a safe, healthy environment.
• It can still look really nice. Flagstones in the infield, flowers on the berms...

Obesity in America

What's the future of our community if we don't have our health? Without health, nothing else matters. Now, how do we incorporate a healthy lifestyle in to our daily lives? Having a safe community to walk and bike is a good way to facilitate personal health.

72 million obese adults in the United States

This is a public health problem that needs to be solved. Prevention is the most efficient and cost effective way to solve this problem, and community effort and support must be part of that solution.