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On the flat lands, the last weekend of August is reserved for scooter racing.
Scooter racing, you ask, what does that actually mean? To put it simply: At least half a dozen adults share a 50ccm motor scooter, taking turns to ride said scooter in laps around a harvested grain field for 24 hours. Aiming for as many laps as possible. – Although this sounds easy, as is so often the case, its not! Our team is made up of over a dozen adult men and women and for weeks we planned, searched, chatted, worked on the bike and practiced. At the end of all that, we managed to ride for quite a while on our motocross-turned-super-scooter, managing a pretty good score for first-timers. The “edelschmiede Roller Racing” team took form somewhat spontaneously and coincidentally at a 40th birthday party. Naturally not the birthday of one of our team members, we’re all at least a decade younger… 40 year olds would never take part in such an event…
After we had made our idea a bit more concrete, we quickly completed our team and then had to hurry, in order to get a competitive racing machine ready within a matter of weeks. Luckily, the list of ‘to-dos’ was well distributed, so that everyone did what they did best, and the results can now be seen! After 341 laps and barely five hours downtime due to a few defects, we are now a close-knit team, who are excited for next year’s race. But for now, here are some photos. We also have videos, but they will follow later…
