Video: Grom Racing is the Cutest

Aug 15, 2018
by Jorge Sebastian Peñafiel Arizaga  

Mini Enduro Ecuador by Ciclo Rutas Ec.

 The moment where every rider gets goose bumps .

The time to live a new experience came for these little riders from Ecuador on their mini bicycles. The mountains were the scenery to show their riding technique.

The first Mini Enduro Race in Ecuador took place after the celebration of the 4th anniversary of the mountain biking school Ciclo Rutas Ecuador and the 3rd round of the Provincial Championship at Hacienda Familia Merchán in Narancay, Cuenca.

Mini Rider Alessandro Ochoa

110 mini riders at around 2 to 12 years of age, from 8 provinces in Ecuador, shredded 2 special stages and 1 timed transfer stage.

Fast Stage PE 1 MINI ENDURO

Stage 1: 350 meters of pure flow and speed were the riders went through intense racing seconds.

 If there is someone to believe in believe un yourself with all of your strength .


 Fast focusing trails .

Stage 2: a tough test of focus and stamina throughout a 580-meter singletrack with obstacles and jumps. In this stage the positions on the race were definitely defined.

2016 Category

The walk bikes category (kids born in 2012 to 2016) had a tough time in this championship since these bikes have neither brakes nor pedals. They also had to tackle several obstacles and speed up, which turned them into real warriors.

photo

Juan Manuel Sarria 2011 Pedal

A lot of expectation was built around past years champions that now belong to the category with kids born in 2008 to 2012, because they have already transitioned from walk bikes to pedal bikes. They enjoy their bikes a great deal more than adult riders.

 Nico Pes ntez shows no respect for big jumps 2010 Pedal .

Single Tracks Special 2 MINI ENDURO

“A Champion mindset since they are little.”

Girls POWER

“Girls show that they are a strong gender at the race.”

Results:
2016 Boys
1 Mateo Bautista / Ciclorutas
2 Jose Daniel Fernandez / Prokids
3 Juan Altamirano / Ciclo Rutas
2015 Boys
1 Jose Elias Cobos / Loja
2 Andre Rodriguez / Ciclo rutas Team
3 Esteban Narvaez / Ct club

2015 Girls
1 Emily Espinoza / Ciclo rutas Team
2 Devanny Brito / Ikiam
3 Milagros Jimbo / Ciclo rutas Team
2014 Boys
1 Sebastian Neira / Ciclo rutas
2 Lucas Alvarado / BMX Guayas
3 Dominic Montalvan / Prokids Loja

2014 Girls
1 Pau Naranjo / Ciclo rutas Team
2 Xaviera Torres / Ciclo rutas Team
3 Romina Calero / Ciclo rutas Team
2012- 2013 Girls
1 Abby Quezada / Gualaquiza
2 Rebeca Altamirano / Cuenca
3 Mikaela Albarracin / Ciclo rutas Team

2013 Boys
1 Julian Uyaguari / Ciclorutas Team
2 Matias Sanchez / Ciclorutas Team
3 Jose Sanchez / Prokids Loja
2012 Boys
1 Matias Peñafiel / Cuenca
2 Yerick Condoy / Ciclo rutas Team
3 Nico Guerrero / Ciclo rutas Team

2011- 2012 Pedal
1 Nico Guerrero / Ciclo rutas Team
2 Alonso Bautista / Ciclorutas Team
3 Juan Manuel Sarria / Cuenca
2009-2010 Pedal
1 Juan Sebastian Alvarado / BMX Guayas
2 Sebastian Carrion / Ciclo Rutas TeaM
3 Sebastian Hidrovo / Ciclo rutas Team

2007-2008 Pedal
1 Sebastian Landi / Ciclo rutas Team
2 Ebans Moliona / Cañar
3 Jhuli Perez / Ciclo Rutas Team

Photo: Daniel Ojeda
Translator: Verónica S. Cobo Carpio
Edition: Jorge Peñafiel Arizaga
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19 Comments
  • 21 0
 The vid was brutal, the pics are amazing. Less drone from 1000 yards away, more close up vids of the groms! Love the event!
  • 7 0
 Haha! Awesome. Only a parent knows the stoke and paralyzing fear of watching their greatest love shred for the first time! When the only person you'd step in front of a bus for is catching stoke in gravity's grip you're damn right you'll run the whole track with them! Caution tape, garbage cans, and spectators be damned! Haha! Love it.
  • 2 0
 Kids on bikes are amazing. When my little dude got his first "real" mountainbike, I realized that his 24"-wheeled hardtail weighed about as much as my XL Process 111. If you assume equal strength/weight ratio for the kids (big assumption, as so much of their weight is taken up by a proportionally bigger head compared to the rest of their body, plus they haven't had their hormone push yet to develop real muscle), given that I was three times his weight at the time, it would have been like me riding a 90# trail bike. Holy crap - no wonder he wasn't too fond of climbing.
  • 1 0
 Wahoo does a great job making light bikes for kids. I just wish they made some models that were mountain oriented
  • 1 0
 Woom* not wahoo. Not sure how i confused those two
  • 1 0
 Some of us get a bit excited by lightweight kids bikes. I've built up a couple under 10kg (22lb) for XS 26"
Off the shelf the www.trailcraftcycles.com bikes are pretty sweet.
  • 2 0
 Looked like a cool race. I wish we had a hill like that nearby. BTW I am surprised Strider still hasn’t released a bike with proper wheels, tyres and pegs to stand on. Hotwalk beats it senslessly, especially after you install bars from hotrock 12 Big Grin
  • 2 2
 The flat-proof tires make a lot of sense for a strider.
  • 1 0
 If they did that, they would sell far fewer $60 upgrades.
www.stridersports.ca/strider-12-optional-alloy-wheel-with-pneumatic-tires-set
  • 4 0
 With all those pads, the balance-bikers look like bobblehead versions adult racers.
  • 2 0
 So awesome! Get those kids out there and get them stoked! I cannot wait for my little ones to be able to reach the ground on their Specialized hotwalks!
  • 1 0
 so cool to see, but, wow are they over padded!? I mean, they are not going very fast, and kids bounce! ...70s kid, i never had pads LOL
  • 2 0
 my 4 yearold is a bikemaniac (the 6 yearold wants to play for Bayern Munich but thats another story) -anyways im wondering if these heavy fullface helmets are even more dangerous than riding with just a light xc helmet. afterall kids bmx helmets weight the same as my own fullface...
  • 1 0
 @optimumnotmaximum: I'm thinking the same, those fullfaces helmets might put way too much strain on their neck, especially in a crash.

But what a cool race, kudos to the organizers. We don't have anything like that for our kids here.
  • 1 0
 @SkipSkovhugger: agreed. we are heading to nove mesto pod smrken -a czech familytrail paradise -next week and i guess i will have to live with the possibility of him falling flat on his face, noway im gonna strap 1kg to his little head. i also think that he would be totally into such a race.
  • 1 0
 @optimumnotmaximum: I've considered going to Pod Smrken as well, but you guys to have a few nice bike parks closer to us, compared to driving to the Czech Rep.
But you're absolutely right, I got a new fullface yesterday and for giggles put it on our oldest, and her head was bouncing around Big Grin
She would love someplace to ride like the vid above.
  • 2 0
 @SkipSkovhugger: actually we have 2 bikeparks here within 1.5 hours but i want to take it slow. my kids are pretty daring -which already kills my nerves in daily live -not to mention in a real gravity bikepark
  • 1 0
 Distant drone shots on little kids doing little kid stuff. Hope these rippers were represented in other ways. They deserve it.
  • 2 0
 Yes. More of this







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