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I just can't decide if I like that Straight Rhythm event or not? I mean it feels like a me too energy drink battle and not that impressive of an actual race. Discuss>>>>>
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Jamie_Munro 9/17/2015 3:25pm
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It's like FMX, cool the first time you see it.
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ktmdan 9/17/2015 3:27pm
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I think it's a cool one off kinda thing during the off season. Certainly doesn't need to be done more than once a year. It seems extremely dangerous to me (like more than a normal sx) but I don't think anyone even crashed last year, so what do I know. Most red bull events are pretty spectacular.
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cwtoyota 9/17/2015 3:31pm
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ktmwoods wrote:
I just can't decide if I like that Straight Rhythm event or not? I mean it feels like a me too energy drink battle and not...
I just can't decide if I like that Straight Rhythm event or not? I mean it feels like a me too energy drink battle and not that impressive of an actual race. Discuss>>>>>
If they make a series out of it, it will become boring and dumb right away.
Also, I can't imagine the viewing is very great in person unless you have some good binoculars.

On the other hand, watching the event on TV last year was very entertaining. I like the heads-up format vs having a single rider on the course. It went about as well last year as it possibly could. The thing that really put it over the top for myself and many others was Travis Pastrana showing up on that 500 and dominating the whoops.

It isn't real motocross without corners and a long moto, but it's a unique and very cool event during the offseason. Hopefully it goes as well as it did last year and they keep doing it once (only once) per year.
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imoto34 9/17/2015 3:36pm
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I am pretty sure its straight, bro

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DownSouth 9/17/2015 3:36pm
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It is a gimmick event IMO. Last year it was interesting for a couple of runs but after that It really took a nose dive for me.
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imoto34 9/17/2015 3:49pm
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So this should just be shit canned? What about the guys who hate Supercross? Lets just get rid of it all. And the FMX good to watch only once? is that a joke or was you serious?
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JM485 9/17/2015 4:04pm
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imoto34 wrote:
So this should just be shit canned? What about the guys who hate Supercross? Lets just get rid of it all. And the FMX good to...
So this should just be shit canned? What about the guys who hate Supercross? Lets just get rid of it all. And the FMX good to watch only once? is that a joke or was you serious?
Careful bro, if they find out you are a fan of dirtbikes in general and not just of their prized motocross competitions they will label you a bro and say you aren't a true fan of "their" sport. To me all of it is cool, freestyle, straight rhythm, supercross, motocross, endurocross, offroad, hillclimb, all of these sports deserve respect and so do the guys who participate in them. I can never figure out why mx guys have a stick up their ass about all other forms of riding, do you think bmx racers look at freestyle bmx guys as a side show or do you think they look at them as respected athletes who push themselves just like racers? I've also never really encountered the animosity until I started reading here, so that should tell you a little bit about who actually cares about this crap as well, for your average rider all of it is cool since they don't have to keep with the "in" crowd on vital.
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ML512 9/17/2015 4:09pm
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Terrible title... fixed it...
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CarlinoJoeVideo 9/17/2015 4:22pm
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It wasn't, "cool" last year. About 105f at the track! Hahah, but I enjoyed the event...
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MMCDan 9/17/2015 4:26pm
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I thought the event was boring after the first round but Milestone installed a "course" (or track or whatever you call it) last year and it was actually a lot of fun to ride.

Re: the dangerous comment above, people were crashing their brains out every time we rode it. Maybe that's why they aren't building one this year.
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imoto34 9/17/2015 4:37pm
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ML512 wrote:
Terrible title... fixed it...
It needed that.
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nascarnate326 9/17/2015 4:41pm
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I love it. Its something different and that interests me.
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OldYZRider1 9/17/2015 4:43pm
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Someone should try a snocycle with front tire.
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gt80rider 9/17/2015 4:48pm
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Cool for me, just wish I here was more of it
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TeamRags 9/17/2015 5:05pm
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A few issues from last years event has been corrected. The track has been moved from the Pomona drag strip over to the LA County Fairplex horse track. The fans will no longer be facing west looking into the sun all day and, the horse track stands are covered so most people will be in the shade. My biggest complaint last year was the sound system and the horse track should be better.

It would be nice if the new track was built around the horse track rather than just the front stretch but the race would be twice as long and I guess the straight rhythm name would have to change too. I'm sure some will say the new location is appropriate as this is only a dog and pony show for Redbull anyhow.
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gsxrcr28 9/17/2015 5:07pm
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nascarnate326 wrote:
I love it. Its something different and that interests me.
This ^^^

I would watch the top riders race around 2 garbage cans. Definitely looks a little sketchy though.
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Crush 9/17/2015 5:18pm
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I like it... but on the other hand I don't love the idea that Monster, now RedBull have these big off-season races that their guys "have to" do and in some cases (yes limited) it affects participation in what I think is the most important event, the MXdN.

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Sully 9/17/2015 5:33pm
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DownSouth wrote:
It is a gimmick event IMO. Last year it was interesting for a couple of runs but after that It really took a nose dive for...
It is a gimmick event IMO. Last year it was interesting for a couple of runs but after that It really took a nose dive for me.
Between this post, and your post about Dungey's SportsCenter visit "only" being on ESPN News, you're proving to be a regular ray of sunshine. You'd probably bitch about free beer, too.

ETA: I really dig this event. The head to head format really brings out the best in the riders.

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jmb227 9/17/2015 5:39pm
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I think its cool as shit. I wouldn't want to watch an entire series of it but a once off event each year is cool. Personally I wouldn't ever go to it cause there really wouldn't be a good seat but it makes for some awesome TV because the camera is always on the two riders on the track so you don't have to wonder wtf happen to this rider or that rider. I absolutely LOVE the run what you brung rules of the open class. Be even better if they allowed up to a 250 two stroke in the 250 class which they might im not sure and maybe noone has done it yet.
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hvaughn88 9/17/2015 6:33pm
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Cool.
Langhammx 9/17/2015 6:43pm
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MMCDan wrote:
I thought the event was boring after the first round but Milestone installed a "course" (or track or whatever you call it) last year and it...
I thought the event was boring after the first round but Milestone installed a "course" (or track or whatever you call it) last year and it was actually a lot of fun to ride.

Re: the dangerous comment above, people were crashing their brains out every time we rode it. Maybe that's why they aren't building one this year.
Not so sure about that-

http://raceway.palatribe.com/event/red-bull-straight-rhythm/

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zehn 9/17/2015 6:45pm
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Shocking, the same guys who bitch about SX year-in and year-out don't like Straight Rhythm, whodathunkit...
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Myke 9/17/2015 6:47pm
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nascarnate326 wrote:
I love it. Its something different and that interests me.
+1
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JJO741 9/17/2015 6:48pm
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I like it. One-off race that is creative and fun.
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MR. X 9/17/2015 6:54pm
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I think its awesome, i was at work last year watching it on my phone and ended up watching it with 3 other guys who have never watched a MX race ever ,they were really getting into . It could be the kind of race that brings in people who wouldn't normally watch a bike race. They don't have the attention span to watch dudes grind out 20 laps ,but rather get into watching a sprinters type race.
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zehn 9/17/2015 6:56pm
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MR. X wrote:
I think its awesome, i was at work last year watching it on my phone and ended up watching it with 3 other guys who have...
I think its awesome, i was at work last year watching it on my phone and ended up watching it with 3 other guys who have never watched a MX race ever ,they were really getting into . It could be the kind of race that brings in people who wouldn't normally watch a bike race. They don't have the attention span to watch dudes grind out 20 laps ,but rather get into watching a sprinters type race.
Ssshhhh.....

Don't tell that to the guys who think "growing the sport" means racing around a grass field on modern 450s because that's what they did in the 1960s.
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Tim507 9/17/2015 7:12pm
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It's two wheel entertainment - gotta love itWoohoo
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TeamGreen 9/17/2015 7:14pm
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I love riding my dirt bike.
I love watchng OTHER PEOPLE rail on a dirt bike & this is simply another VERY WELL PRODUCED event that allows me watch THE BEST RIDERS SHRED.

Period.
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the_wood109 9/17/2015 7:20pm
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The Pastrana thumbs up is applicable in this situation.
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zehn 9/17/2015 7:23pm
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Unadilla, Sears Point National, etc.

There were plenty of grass field races back in the day.

My point wasn't so much about that as it was about guys that think that strictly adhering to historical racing tracks/principles because of the "heritage of the sport" is a way to bring new fans into what is ostensibly an extreme sport.

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