# 1,800 riders enter, 7 leave

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-800-riders-enter-7-leave/264478
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [July 24, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-800-riders-enter-7-leave/264478 "2012-07-24T00:45:28Z")
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### Author: ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-800-riders-enter-7-leave/264478/1 "2012-07-24T00:45:28Z")

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> ![http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7215/7176965075_81499b44b9.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/8/c88b430199a2ccb0b16f1229eec4063c02acbfb3.jpeg)

> This weekend’s Erzberg Rodeo experienced an incredible 99.7 percent attrition rate. Only seven of the 1,800 riders who entered reached the finish line. “This mountain is merciless,” exclaimed winner Jonny Walker. “They sent us through hell again.”

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[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNj996H-gQ[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNj996H-gQ%5B/ame%5D)

Source  
[http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/06/1800-riders-enter-7-leave/](http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/06/1800-riders-enter-7-leave/)

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### Author: ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-800-riders-enter-7-leave/264478/2 "2012-07-24T07:48:22Z")

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I would enjoy all of the first 15 minutes… then spend the next half the day wondering what the hell I was thinking.

totally badass race!

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### Author: ![UrbanSuMo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/urbansumo/32/6766_2.png) [@UrbanSuMo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/UrbanSuMo)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-800-riders-enter-7-leave/264478/3 "2012-07-24T07:53:04Z")

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I always loved watching this race…the speed in which these guys traverse such technical sections is simply absurd. I can say racing the Baja 500 and 1000 is on my bucket list but this, sadly, is just not in the cards.

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### Author: ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-800-riders-enter-7-leave/264478/4 "2012-07-24T08:18:19Z")

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Place is insane.

> here are 20 checkpoints throughout the 35 km course to pass through and only 4 hours to complete them in.

another video here

[http://www.dirt-bike-tips-and-pics.com/erzberg-rodeo.html](http://www.dirt-bike-tips-and-pics.com/erzberg-rodeo.html)