Ever heard of Erzberg?

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 12:39pm
Enjoy watching!
The race is just for glory and honor. No price money, just a rock for the winner!

Erzbergrodeo 2011

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Antipodean 6/29/2011 1:54am
6/29/2011 1:54am
Maddness. Absolute maddness. But fun to watch.
2strokerider 6/29/2011 2:29am
6/29/2011 2:29am
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to be the toughest race in the world?
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ST Anmore 6/29/2011 4:55am
6/29/2011 4:55am Edited Date/Time 6/29/2011 4:56am
Awesome event... Pastrana did it a few years ago!
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ST Anmore 6/29/2011 4:59am
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2strokerider wrote:
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to...
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to be the toughest race in the world?
Not the toughest but definately up there... think Last Man Standing or Hells Gate are tougher? Get less than 10 finishers by the end...

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Ride154 6/29/2011 5:41am
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2strokerider wrote:
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to...
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to be the toughest race in the world?
ST Anmore wrote:
Not the toughest but definately up there... think Last Man Standing or Hells Gate are tougher? Get less than 10 finishers by the end...
I went to every Last Man Standing event (and had several friends race it) and the goal of building the course was for only 1 person to finish. LMS was a 40 mile loop... 2 laps during the day, one at night... but backwards.

It was gnarly watching Knight, Blazusiak and even Geoff Aaron struggle out there.

Erzberg is awesome though. Would love to travel there to try and survive it!
FlickitFlat 6/29/2011 6:47am
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2strokerider wrote:
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to...
one of my mates that i race mx with got 3rd in that race this year! jonny walker (on the ktm) - great result! got to be the toughest race in the world?
ST Anmore wrote:
Not the toughest but definately up there... think Last Man Standing or Hells Gate are tougher? Get less than 10 finishers by the end...
Erzberg gets my vote for toughest.
Jamie_Munro 6/29/2011 8:02am
6/29/2011 8:02am
yup! 1 tuff ass event. Especially sam's diner.
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Mr. Ted 6/29/2011 8:03am
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Yup about 20km from where my Dad grew up. Went by it countless times as a kid before there was a rodeo...
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downandup 6/29/2011 8:04am
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Insane event!

Been there too! Crazy!
aFACEdismembered 6/29/2011 8:21am
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ST Anmore wrote:
Not the toughest but definately up there... think Last Man Standing or Hells Gate are tougher? Get less than 10 finishers by the end...
Last Man Standing eliminates people as the event goes on if I'm not mistaken. Erzberg is 500 people and you finish when you finish.
steedmills 6/29/2011 8:24am
6/29/2011 8:24am Edited Date/Time 6/29/2011 8:52am
Red Bull Romaniacs is the toughest (video start min 2:00)

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LowPsi 6/29/2011 10:09am
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Trials riders 1- 2 at Erzberg. Six in the top 10. Shoulda been an all Trial podium. Graham Jarvis won, he was robbed.
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edub 6/29/2011 10:34am
6/29/2011 10:34am Edited Date/Time 6/29/2011 11:05pm
LowPsi wrote:
Trials riders 1- 2 at Erzberg. Six in the top 10. Shoulda been an all Trial podium. Graham Jarvis won, he was robbed.
Did you watch the video?
Well, Graham Jarvis missed a checkpoint, so he did not win.

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2strokerider 6/29/2011 11:00am
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LowPsi wrote:
Trials riders 1- 2 at Erzberg. Six in the top 10. Shoulda been an all Trial podium. Graham Jarvis won, he was robbed.
it was an all trials podium! jonny walker is a trials rider! (he also does motocross and enduro)
FlickitFlat 6/29/2011 11:35am
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I missed my opportunity to go to Erzberg a couple years ago. My sister was living about an hour away and I had plans to go but just didn't make it. She has since moved so I probably won't be making it any time soon. I was really looking forward to going. I always thought one of the things that made Erzberg the toughest was also the qualifying. You start out with the Pikes Peak style mountain climb and have to have a bike fast enough to qualify to the next round. But then you have to ride the same bike in all stages of the race.
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matrixlee 6/29/2011 12:15pm
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LowPsi wrote:
Trials riders 1- 2 at Erzberg. Six in the top 10. Shoulda been an all Trial podium. Graham Jarvis won, he was robbed.
edub wrote:
Did you watch the video? Well, Graham Jarvis missed a checkpoint, so he did not win. edub
Did you watch the video?
Well, Graham Jarvis missed a checkpoint, so he did not win.

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graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
steedmills 6/29/2011 12:19pm
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graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving...
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
Erzberg KTM's PR stunt IMO
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matrixlee 6/29/2011 12:27pm
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matrixlee wrote:
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving...
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
steedmills wrote:
Erzberg KTM's PR stunt IMO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmeWEc63IQ

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matrixlee wrote:
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving...
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
That sucks, doesn't surprise me though, KTM and Red Bull have a lot of pull and wanted to make sure Taddy could get 5 in a row, not a huge fan of Taddy myself so I hope Graham can keep beating him, the results will stick sooner or later!
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matrixlee 6/29/2011 12:29pm
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matrixlee wrote:
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving...
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
TWicks wrote:
That sucks, doesn't surprise me though, KTM and Red Bull have a lot of pull and wanted to make sure Taddy could get 5 in a...
That sucks, doesn't surprise me though, KTM and Red Bull have a lot of pull and wanted to make sure Taddy could get 5 in a row, not a huge fan of Taddy myself so I hope Graham can keep beating him, the results will stick sooner or later!
tha last few years hes been on a really crap bike ( sherco) now hes on the 2 stroke he is doing real well
steedmills 6/29/2011 12:45pm
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matrixlee wrote:
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving...
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
steedmills wrote:
Erzberg KTM's PR stunt IMO
matrixlee wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmeWEc63IQ
I am often in Sibiu Romania as ex motocrosser I've underestimated extreme enduro
what these trials guys do is incredible!
but i'm pleased with my new hobby Smile
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`ol Ger 6/29/2011 3:19pm
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Real men.
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1500 attempted to qualify. 9 riders finshed.

The winner (again): Red Bull KTM's Taddy Blazusiak. Image: Jonty Edmunds.
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I just don't get why any one would want to take a 7000.00 bike and totally trash it like that. I try not to even ride on days that are very muddy these days, just because it's hard on the bikes and wears things out.


Some people have too much money I guess.
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Wadded_Up 6/29/2011 8:05pm
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Thats a freaking Novice Track....Geez.........
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Taddy is a badass
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DirtyFilter75 6/29/2011 8:50pm
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Racer92 wrote:
Taddy is a badass
You don't tug on supermans cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off of old lone ranger and you don't mess around with slim!
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edub 6/29/2011 11:04pm
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matrixlee wrote:
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving...
graham jarvis is a friend of mine and he beat taddy by 6 mins .he missed the check by 5meters. none of the marshals were waving him through. he asked if he could walk the course and was told only on foot no vehicles .oh but if you see taddy ask him he might give you a lift in his ktm 4x4 truck. ktm sponsers the event and the factory team spend the week up there checking it out .he allso won romaniacs the year before last. he was robbed of the win.but he was happy because he said he knows that he can beat him
Well, if he missed that blue flag at CP16 by just 5 m, why he did not stop there?
Maybe he just lost the race because of a mistake?

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When I trail ride I honestly think to myself.... I would rather be at work.
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Ride154 6/30/2011 5:47am
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machine wrote:
I just don't get why any one would want to take a 7000.00 bike and totally trash it like that. I try not to even ride...
I just don't get why any one would want to take a 7000.00 bike and totally trash it like that. I try not to even ride on days that are very muddy these days, just because it's hard on the bikes and wears things out.


Some people have too much money I guess.
Because it is fun. The sense of accomplishment of dominating a gnarly rock section, blasting up a 40 foot hill to a 6 foot vertical wall, single track so tight you have to wiggle your bars through, just real natural terrain.

At the same time, I don't see how guys can go to the track and just do lap after lap after lap after lap on the same course (even though I'll go do that too).

I've ridden the Last Man Standing course and it's different everytime, more/less challenging, new roots/rocks/etc. That's what makes it fun, you never really know what you're going to get.

...and I don't have a whole lotta money either!

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