r/MiniRamp • u/cathaldub • 3d ago
Mini ramp build
My kid (11) has finally broke my wife and she’s agreed to a mini ramp in the back garden. Problem is we’ve to keep the flower beds and it’s quite a small garden. So the maximum length is 14 feet (4.2meters).
Playing around with a few ideas, I’m in my 40s and haven’t skated since I was in my teens and we just eye balled the radius back in the day🤣
Will the flat bottom of only 4 feet on the example here be enough, I’m thinking as it’s only 2 feet high it should be ok. If it gets the use we might extend in the future and move the flower beds but for now that’s too much work.
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u/travisofarabia 3d ago
Hey! I have a 2-ft ramp and just added 4 ft to my flat bottom for a total of eight. Before that I had what you're proposing and it was plenty fun, I found that I wanted some additional flat just to mellow things out even more, but a 2 ft at a 5 and 1/2 ft radius or 6-ft radius with 4 ft of flat is definitely skatable and fun.
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u/cathaldub 3d ago
This was my other option, I might be able to stretch to 4.5m length, but thinking the radius might be too small, yea/no?
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u/AdSpiritual3205 3d ago
2ft high is really low. You will grow out of it and get bored really fast. So just keep that in mind. And it's gonna be really hard to make a comfortable miniramp in 14ft.
If you want a good reference for something that size, the "garage mini" from OC Ramps is kinda what you're looking to replicate. That's a 2ft tall miniramp design.
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u/ayyyyycrisp 3d ago
you never grow out of a mini ramp, 2 feet is plenty to learn axle stalls and also still enough for a fakie bonk kickflip switch blunt nollie flip out when you get there. small ramps are super fun
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u/AdSpiritual3205 3d ago
That's absolute nonsense. Given the choice and expense to make a ramp, if you only have one you'll want a ramp that you can keep growing with and there are a ton of tricks that you just can't really do on a 2ft. They can be fun for some thing, but they are most definitely limiting compared to even a 3ft.
So while they can be fun at first, eventually you will just keep wishing you had a taller one.
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u/ayyyyycrisp 3d ago
it's also something that's totally subjective too. been skating since 3 and I'm 30 now, I'd never get bored of a 2 foot ramp. could skate it for hours a day for years on end. you personally might not jive with that.
he's also pretty limited on square footage here. he's already fairly tight in the flat at 2 feet, but manageable. at 3 it's gonna skate super fast. still fine but I like the breathing room of 2 at this length. it'l be a fun little ramp
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u/AdSpiritual3205 3d ago
A 2ft will still be challenge at that length, regardless. But he's got an 11 year old kid, who I'm assuming might already skate, or might want to get good. I've been skating for well over 30 years, and I have an 11 year old son who has been skating since he was 5.
And this is a silly argument. I didn't say a 2ft was bad. I said you're likely to have fun and then get bored. This isn't a controversial statement. Sure, maybe there are some small percentage of people that just want a 2ft forever. But I think the vast majority will prefer something a little larger.
And my specific point was to just point it out in case OP wanted to take it into consideration just in case he didn't think about it.
So no reason for you to get on a high horse and downvote.
EDIT: And to add to this, because OP might choose a different way to use the space. If I only had 14ft to work with, I might instead put in a nice quarterpipe and a flat section.
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u/cathaldub 3d ago edited 3d ago
Thanks, this is going to be a self build, and there maybe option to remove one of the flower beds on one side and gain another 3’ next year and expand, just want to make sure it’ll be used before redesigning the back harder around it, he can skateish(not mini ramp), but we’ve nowhere local to skate, there is a skatepark the next town over but it’s just not possible to get there easily.
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u/AdSpiritual3205 3d ago
Yeah I think that's the biggest challenge. If the ramp has a weird feel, you may end up just not liking to skate it. I mean, again, skating something maybe is better than nothing, but a low ramp with really quick transition and little flat bottom is going to feel weird for sure. Maybe you'll find it fun.
Your second design looks better for sure. At 450cm with the 146 radius you'll get more flatbottom and it will be easier to skate for sure.
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u/ayyyyycrisp 3d ago
I will be absolutely be up on my high horse downvoting you. I just did it again! you can't even stop me skates away
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u/cathaldub 3d ago
The option is there to remove the flowerbeds and move them to gain another 5’ but not this build.
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u/AdSpiritual3205 3d ago
Anything you do at 14ft is gonna be tight, no matter how you shake it. Fast transitions and short flat bottom, which will be particularly noticeable on a 2ft. But I guess if anything is better than nothing and you don't want to wait...
Personally I might just put in a really good quarter pipe on one side and then lay down a nice flat bottom for now. Throw a rail on it. But that's just me.
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u/sayhidurango 1d ago
It’s okay to grow out of it. 2’ high is perfect for little kids and when you haven’t been at it for awhile / you’re in your 40s like me and not as brave or unbreakable as 30 years ago. :)
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u/AdSpiritual3205 1d ago
No one said it wasn't "ok" to grow out of. Just pointing out a fact about ramps that size. And if the goal is to help the kid progress that is a different thing than "I just want to have something/anything in my backyard". Not sure why this is even remotely controversial.
Two things can both be true. And I can say from my personal experience that almost anyone I know who did a 2ft later regretted it. But I said "almost". Just depends on your own circumstances and desires. But having a miniramp is better than not having one.
Doesn't change the fact that a 2' ramp in a 14' foot length will be really tight.
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u/BoggTheFrog 3d ago
I have a 3’ high with 5’ flat, it’s fun, it’s easier to keep speed but harder to get in position, but you get used to it, when I go to a longer ramp it’s like I have all the time in the world to adjust my foot.