Billy Bolt vs Mani - FIM World Hard Enduro's Last Round - What a battle!

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Now THAT was fun to watch. The title was already decided, but the race was super fun between these 2 monsters.
Plus, Mani is racing the FIM World Super Enduro ("EnduroCross" in America) for 2024, a championship that has been dominated by Bolt over the years. Jonny Walker is also racing. Its going to be a blast!

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11/10/2023 11:23am

Watching guys lift and pull there bikes will never do it for me. 

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11/10/2023 12:41pm

At 25, Mani is the best to ever ride hard enduro, couple more years of championships would solidify him in GOAT territory 

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11/10/2023 1:05pm

Watching guys lift and pull there bikes will never do it for me. 

Bikes are made for riding. Pulling and lifting bikes together isnt racing. 

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11/10/2023 1:58pm

Watching guys grease doubles and rail loamy berms is like….NOT what that was!  lol  But nonetheless, I found it hard to not watch that to the very end while clinching my fists and leaning left and right. It was a who-crashes-the-least-and-doesn’t-have-a-mechanical slow race.  Mad respect for Billy and Mani’s bike skills!!!…but how can’t MX be like 10 times more fun?

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11/10/2023 2:39pm

That joker lane is wild. Those dudes have some incredible bike skills.

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11/10/2023 3:19pm

Having to get up the wood with water running down it to the finish is just the final big kick in the balls isn’t it! 

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11/10/2023 4:30pm

Hard enduro is a lot more survival and a lot less race. But guys like mani and billy are helping to change that. These guys are flat-out plenty between nearly impossible obstacles. If it ain’t your thing, it ain’t your thing. But for me, no other racing discipline will get me from six to midnight quicker.

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11/10/2023 11:30pm

It's called Hard Enduro for a reason. 

Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani. In SuperEnduro Billy is totally dominate. I'd rather watch either over a cookie cutter supercross race all day long.

 

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11/11/2023 11:00pm
Elliot wrote:
It's called Hard Enduro for a reason.  Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani...

It's called Hard Enduro for a reason. 

Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani. In SuperEnduro Billy is totally dominate. I'd rather watch either over a cookie cutter supercross race all day long.

 

Sorry, but when the two best riders in the world must help eachother to carry the bikes around the track, it has become to hard.

Same with Erzberg a couple of years ago where the top 3 guys did the same in green hell?.

As long as it’s rideable for the top riders im all in for it.

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11/12/2023 12:10pm Edited Date/Time 11/12/2023 12:10pm

At 25, Mani is the best to ever ride hard enduro, couple more years of championships would solidify him in GOAT territory 

He's got a long way to go before he's in Graham Jarvis territory.

Jarvis is the GOAT, so far

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11/12/2023 6:44pm

At 25, Mani is the best to ever ride hard enduro, couple more years of championships would solidify him in GOAT territory 

CalRMX wrote:

He's got a long way to go before he's in Graham Jarvis territory.

Jarvis is the GOAT, so far

Agree. Jarvis is the GOAT. Unfortunately this next generation will not know who he is/was because he most likely wont stay in the spotlight like RC. Too small of a niche sport within a niche sport.

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11/14/2023 12:52pm
Elliot wrote:
It's called Hard Enduro for a reason.  Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani...

It's called Hard Enduro for a reason. 

Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani. In SuperEnduro Billy is totally dominate. I'd rather watch either over a cookie cutter supercross race all day long.

 

Mani is doing SuperEnduro for next season. I imagine Billy will have problems now! =P

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11/14/2023 12:58pm

Those guys are animals but I don't think I would ever consider that fun.

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11/14/2023 1:02pm
arebnac wrote:

Mani is doing SuperEnduro for next season. I imagine Billy will have problems now! =P

I'm a big Mani fan, but I don't think so.  He has never had much for Billy in SuperEnduro in the past.  Nobody does really, if Billy/Husky wanted he could come to the US and go undefeated in our EX series too.

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Elliot wrote:
It's called Hard Enduro for a reason.  Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani...

It's called Hard Enduro for a reason. 

Even though there are a lot of great & talented riders in the series nobody has anything for Mani. In SuperEnduro Billy is totally dominate. I'd rather watch either over a cookie cutter supercross race all day long.

 

arebnac wrote:

Mani is doing SuperEnduro for next season. I imagine Billy will have problems now! =P

I doubt it. Billy's consistently beaten him in superenduro type prologue races in the hard enduro rounds this year. Mani and Johnny might make him have to work a bit harder but Billy has got the championship nailed if he stays healthy. 

The first round of the 24' season actually starts in 10 days in France. Also the last round of AMA Endurocross at Reno on Saturday, points are pretty tight between Johnny, Trystan and Colton.

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