Enduro Trails #1
The First Enduro Trails event, powered by Kross, was held in Bielsko-Biala on 4th May 2014. The event also served to introduce something larger, namely the “Polish Enduro Series”, launched as a pilot project this year. (PES joins together three independent series: the Enduro Trails, the EMTB Enduro and the Joy Ride Open.)
The organizers prepared 4 special stages, whose accumulated length was around 9km (more than 8 on singletracks!), while the total descent of the race was over 1500m.
The 150 places available for the event were all taken up quickly, gathering some of the best bikers in the country from different MTB areas. Among others, the following competed in the race: XC-Olympian and national champion Marek Konwa, multiple marathon, XC and enduro winner Remik Ciok, top national DH racer Arek Perin, and leading enduro racers such as Mariusz Bryja, Krystian Bialka and Jakub Jonkisz.
Showery weather the day before the race made the conditions tricky, with lots of slippery roots, muddy singletracks and berms, complemented by short but exhausting uphill intervals on a slushy surface.
The race had a thrilling final, as after 4 special stages and almost 20 minutes of racing the fastest racers (Ciok, Perin, Konwa) were separated by a mere 3.63 seconds!
We are happy to invite all competitors and spectators for the second edition of Enduro Trails (also included in Polish Enduro Series) which will be held on 11th October 2014 as a season ending Enduro race.
www.endurotrails.pl/
www.polishenduroseries.com
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Seeing this picture I finally found the excuse for myself for not going to the event
My bike is not into all that SPA thing and mud treatment...
Nevertheless, keep up the good work guys.
Always nice to see new bike events popping up here and there.
Too bad there are no Enduro races in the northern part of Poland, i.e. Polish North Shore
This video popped up on my email box some time ago. It's an xc maraton race which is very popular in Poland. This particular episode was set in central Poland near the capital city. There is nothing special at the beginning, but fun begins later on. I bet nobody expected the results of heavy rain in forest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXLaMRR8ZpA
As for bikes maintainance. Nothing wrong will happen if you clean and lube every single part after such a ride.
Yeah I know, I'm crazy but I don't like mud.
And guess what, when I go to pub I don't drink beer as well
I'd rather stay home polishing my bike and it's as much fun for me as riding it, in beautiful sunny weather of course
Btw, what frame is that, on pic nr 6? Looks like voltege fr, but is not...