Red Bull City Scramble

[Dave Ross]

#3018

This was a pretty cool event. I only found out about it yesterday. The racing was close and exciting. Entry was free, but I would have paid to get in. Of course I remembered to bring my camera for a change, only problem was that the battery was dead.So here is a link to a slide show put together by Big Dave from Kiwi Rider.http://www.flickr.com/photos/38126832@N02/sets/72157618943656181/show/Two G450X's took part. One ridden by a German rider who came second at Erzberg last year. The Kiwi boys were right up there and one the race. The skill and determination these guys have was worth seeing. Here is one  for a teaser, also taken by Big Dave.

[Jim Young]

#12362

Yes it was a good show Alex, it's a pity there was no pics of the rock garden and some of the more difficult sections.I bet there was some very sore bodies today and full marks to the girl that was riding, we saw her in one race and she was so utterly exhausted at the end and could hardly get back on the bike to finish.Steven took some videos on his phone so he may post them here.

[Dave Ross]

#12363

I only found out about it thanks to Peter's post. Later on it was in the news. BMW seems to be pretty media shy in NZ, you'd think they'd go around telling people. I guess the difficulty in this event wasn't so much the size of the obstacles, but the fact that they came so quickly one after another. The top guys made it look easy, most of the time.  Have a look at the event they run at the Erzberg, I hadn't realized that they also have an obstacle course. Initially I thought it was a flat out race up the mountain, but it seems they run several different event. I bet there will be a few guys going out to buy dirt bikes after this event.Link to Erzberg http://www.erzbergrodeo.at/jart/prj3/mmagazin/main.jart?rel=de&content-id=1162818505415&reserve-mode=active

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