The FIM World Enduro Championship is being shown on the MAVTV network, as well as coverage for "super enduro", and the world MX championship.
The mx coverage is kind of weak compared to the AMA coverage, and super enduro is what we call endurocross.
But the enduro coverage was pretty neat.
For the life of me though - these guys are spoiled rotten. After each loop they pull into "pits", park their bike under a tent while a mechanic works on it, sit at a table & eat while looking at the course & results on a computer, and give interviews. They talked about how tired they were.
I remember 100 mile enduros where we couldn't keep up with a 20 mph schedule, and rode flat out for 5+ hours. The only time we stopped was to splash some gas in the bike & spray a little oil on the chain.
We didn't even stop to drink water, much less eat (only wimps stopped to drink).
Things sure have changed.....
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the national enduro last weekend in mo. was they said 65 miles long! a short one used to be 100 miles. jack pine 500 little burr 250 .150 miler in ny like you said times have changed.early penton greeves huskys had 4 inches travel on the rear and 7 front,and 24 mph average. woods and ground are still the same, the bike are so much better!
dennis l.brown
any POGGERS ride it?
Mick
The new National Enduro format limits the length to 65 miles and there is no timekeeping, its sort of like an ISDE format. I also think the new format the events have to be "closed course" so lights and tag etc are not required.
Brian