What Tradies Want — August-September 2017

1818 WHAT TRADIES WANT.WHAT TRADIES WANT.

T

he promo guff says Minas
Riders stays true to the
founding concepts of hard
enduro. That means a lot of
near-impossible terrain, busted bikes and
riders tested to, and beyond, breaking point.
The Brazilian course was marked with tape
and signs, but riders used GPS for additional
navigation. How they found time to take their
eyes off the course long enough to look at a

scrolling map is anyone’s guess. Mountain

goats would’ve sprained their ankles on some

of these climbs.

Usual suspects

The frontrunners in extreme enduro at the

moment are names like Jarvis, Webb and

Tarres, so it was no surprise when British

rider Graham Jarvis dragged, hurled and

roosted his Husqvarna to the top step of the

podium. The big surprise was him doing the

four-day event in just two days. The race was

unexpectedly shortened when the organisers

had some ‘environmental issues’.

Jarvis held off American Cody Webb and

Spaniard Alfredo Gomez to claim victory after

digging deep during the 240km torture run.

The 42-year-old said, “Cody was really close

to me during most of the time and, honestly, I

believe this ended up helping me, because

Bruno Crivilin gets the adrenalin

surging in Brazil. It’s not called

‘hard enduro’ for nothing.

Jarvo gave this climb a bit of a

nudge and did alright. A lot of

riders didn’t even get close.

Marcelo Maragni/Red Bull Content Pool

Bruno Senna/Red Bull Content Pool Bruno Senna/Red Bull Content Pool

BRAZIL NUTS