Pump tracks are the best playground on two wheels: a loop of rollers and banked turns you ride without pedalling, just by pumping with your arms and legs. They're free, safe and fun for everyone – kids on balance bikes, teens on BMX, adults on any bike, and also scooters, skateboards and wheelchairs on asphalt tracks.
Born in our shop: BXL Pump Park in Tivoli, Laeken
Brussels' first pump track is just a few doors down from our shop, at Rue Dieudonné Lefèvre 17 in the new Tivoli neighbourhood. Its story started in our shop: the initiatives Ride Your Future and Velosolutions Belgium were born here, under our roof. Working closely with citydev.brussels on the development of Tivoli, we helped bring the pump track to the neighbourhood.
Opened in 2020, the BXL Pump Park has a 110 m asphalt track built by Velosolutions, a dirt track with skills features for small kids and a 2 m high wallride. It is free to use – the perfect stop before or after a visit to our workshop.
Pump tracks across Belgium
Velosolutions Belgium has built asphalt pump tracks all over the country. A few you can visit:
- Brussels – BXL Pump Park, Laeken
- Flemish Brabant – Herent, Wilsele (Leuven), Oud-Heverlee
- Antwerp – Schoten
- East Flanders – Lokeren
- Limburg – Genk (Sport Vlaanderen)
- West Flanders – Middelkerke (Urban Sportpark, which has hosted a qualifier for the Pump Track World Championships)
- Liège province – Sprimont, Fléron
- Luxembourg province – Rendeux
This list isn't complete – more and more towns are building tracks. Sources: Velosolutions Belgium and pumptracks.nl.
We build them too
Together with Wonko and Velosolutions, we help develop new pump tracks in Belgium. Are you a municipality, school, developer or neighbourhood group dreaming of a track? Get in touch – we're happy to share what we've learned in Tivoli.
Tips for your first pump track session
- Helmet always, gloves recommended – and knee pads for little ones.
- Start slow: roll the track first, then start pumping on the rollers.
- One direction: ride in the same direction as everyone else and look before you drop in.
- Share the track: take turns, especially when small kids are riding.
- Any bike works: balance bikes, kids' bikes, BMX and mountain bikes are ideal. Check your tyres and brakes first – or let us do it.
Looking for a BMX, a light kids' bike or a helmet? Browse our kids' bikes and helmets, or come by the shop.