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Red Dirt Trackcraft

Series 02 · Jumps and Ruts

Jumps, ruts and berms: how a track takes a shape

A table-top jump seen from the side in low light, its face streaked with tire marks, a deep rut curving away at the base of the landing

Stories in this series

  1. A steep jump face seen from the approach in bright sun, the lip edge crisp, two parallel tire marks climbing it and stopping exactly at the crest

    · Jumps and Ruts · in writing

    Jump faces: speed, gear and a clean takeoff

  2. The inside of a tall berm photographed low, its face polished smooth and darker than the flat behind it, small clods thrown out onto the verge

    · Jumps and Ruts · in writing

    Berms: carrying speed through the turn

  3. A shadowed corner cut by four deep ruts running side by side, a rider boot on the ground at the edge, the churned dirt lighter where it has been pushed out

    · Jumps and Ruts · in writing

    Rut corners: picking a line and holding it

  4. A straight seen side-on in late light, its surface cut into a regular line of braking bumps, dust hanging low over the far half of the lane

    · Jumps and Ruts · in writing

    Whoops and braking bumps on a beaten straight

Read this series next to Track Care, and the desk note on the about page.