The Tweed Valley is set to expand its biking facilites again over the next couple of months with a New Pump and Jump track being developed. The site is within Cardrona Village which is handily halfway between Glentress and Innerleithen.

The Tweed Valley area is well known for its Mountain biking at Glentress and Innerleithen, as well as being the start point for the Tour of Britain this year, so it seems logical that it should also gain one of these excellent training facilities. The idea of a Pump and Jump track is that you use the undulations to build up speed which in turn propels you over the jumps. If you type Pump and Jump into Youtube you’ll see what I mean.

The hope is that the facility will not only give the locals somewhere to develop their skills but also increase bike traffic into the area. When the off-road bike link opens between the two trail centres this new development will be right on the route, allowing everyone easy access.

The best bit about all this? The funding for the project has been made possible by a lottery injection, so if you want to get one of these in your local area, there are ways and means of getting the money. Rumour mill is that a similar development may be in the pipeline for the Innerleithen area as well, so watch this space.

Labels: Biking, pump and jump, Tweed Valley

posted by glenmore @ 5:06 pm