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Moto Hillclimb Championships
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:24 pm
by taosports
Took a short ride today to the 19th Annual Hillclimb Championships. Wanted to see what it was all about since I've never seen this type of racing before.
Basically, riders on specially designed bikes try to be the quickest up a steep, steep hill. In this case, a 500 foot hill. Judging by the amount of people watching, it's a very popular sport.
The bikes are nothing like what we ride. Here are a few examples :
Anyway, I put together a short 2 minute slideshow of my photos.
Enjoy!
http://www.michaelmaloneyphotography.co ... index.html
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:48 am
by iowabeakster
nitrous? holy cats. i saw a hill climb once, probably over 15 years ago. i don't think they were running nitrous back then. it seemed as if the power was more than plenty. the only factor that really mattered was keeping the rider on the bike.
the winner was the guy who flew over the timing gate at the top. they weren't sure if he was the fastest, he just won on style points. it was like the hill climb was vertical drag race on a giant motocross ramp.
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:45 pm
by DJ Downunder
Great pictures Michael...I've always loved hill climbs...I'd love to see the Widowmaker...love the bit in 'On Any Sunday' were MS gets half way up..relizes he didn't turn the petrol tap on..and turns and rides back down.
DJ
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:55 am
by munchmeister
Great photos, Michael, and I love the slide show, with captions.
Way cool.
--Doug
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:00 pm
by frozennorth
Gotta love up hill
Cool photos . . . what app are you using for the slide show, that's neat.
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:48 pm
by taosports
frozennorth wrote:. . . what app are you using for the slide show, that's neat.
I use a program called Sound Slides which is flash based. Very quick and easy to use.
http://soundslides.com/
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:20 am
by frozennorth
taosports wrote:frozennorth wrote:. . . what app are you using for the slide show, that's neat.
I use a program called Sound Slides which is flash based. Very quick and easy to use.
http://soundslides.com/
Thanks, that will come in handy
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:12 pm
by DSKYZD
Now that's not your everyday outing. Very interesting machines.
I remember watching them climb the Widowmaker when I was a kid. I thought dirtbikes and hillclimbs were the coolest.
A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting AMA champ Tiger Strank. We were seated together at a Carrot Top show in Vegas. He was in town for the AMA Banquet.
Thanks for the great pictures and info!
DSKYZD
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:42 pm
by chris
Great stuff Michael! I love watching these and we often get German events shown on Eurosport. The machinery they put together sometimes defies belief, like a twin engined harley with a 9 foot swingarm and spades bolted to the rear tyre that shook its rider off the course before he got to the bottom of the hill...
Odd this, just turned on Men and Motors channel and they were showing a film about Laconia bike meet and the Gunstock hillclimb..