Sibirsky Extreme 2012 - The Toughest Ride of Them All

[Twinmike]

Please, more from the RR
where are the Norwegians? maybe on snowmobile in the norwegian tundra

[far]

Originally Posted by Colebatch

standing up all day .

Colebatch you look big how you do to stand up for that many days I have troubles in just one day with my back for hard off road ride in a 450 MX.

How about if you start the RR and let the viking catch up you later

[jeickerman]

Originally Posted by far

Colebatch you look big how you do to stand up for that many days I have troubles in just one day with my back for hard off road ride in a 450 MX.

I would say it is the plush suspension he keeps talking about. Seems quite logical to me. Float over the nasty stuff, and let the springs do their job, instead of transmitting the jarring action to your body.

John

[Colebatch]

Originally Posted by far

Colebatch you look big how you do to stand up for that many days I have troubles in just one day with my back for hard off road ride in a 450 MX.

I think getting the risers right is critical for that. Risers that go forward as well as up is imho vital to getting the ergonomics right. Normal risers actually bring the bars closer in to your body due to the angle of the forks. That can make standing tiring and more work. Different bikes have different peg to seat heights. I am lucky to be on a bike with very good spacing between the feet, seat and bars - but I still like the bars both 50 mm higher and more fwd.

Plush front suspension helps too

[Lornce]

Really enjoyed Alexander's song.

Originally Posted by stemic01

Hi guys.
Here is a beta version from the BAM road. It is just a bunch of videoclips thrown together and is not very well edited at this point. Since theis is just a pre-release and not a final version I have chosen to password protect it. So consider this as a special beta version for you Advrider inmates. A better version with tighter editing will be available at some point later.
Photographers: This is a collection of videos filmed by the whole crew so thanks to Geir, Erik, Walter and Terry for your contribution.

Check it out here and use the password "rtw2012"
http://vimeo.com/59360179

[RoninMoto]

Originally Posted by Colebatch

I think getting the risers right is critical for that.

+1 Yup.

[ROD CURRIE]

Originally Posted by far

Colebatch you look big how you do to stand up for that many days I have troubles in just one day with my back for hard off road ride in a 450 MX.

Also. Buy a kidney belt. I tried it after terrible backache when I first started off-roading and the backache went straight away.. Yer use what works. Costs very little to try it however it works out.

But then again maybe I was just more relaxed in the same way that when you first start to ski you can't walk on the third morning. On the second holiday you've learned to use your muscles better so aren't as tense-thus it's not nearly so bad.

However-I've used one ever since and have no back problems-suggest you give it a whirl. WTFDIK.

[Franck B]

Hello Walter,
I use open face jet helmet when enduro-touring/travelling and integral Airoh Stelt when offroading. I would never give up the chin bar protection when riding serious offroad. Face plant is practised vocabulary for me.
I´ve found the GIVI X.01 Tourer as the only offroad helmet convertible between both. Do you know this helmet ? Would you consider it for such an epic ride ?
I have my doubt on the solidity of such removable chin bar, because of the high weight of 1600g (my Airoh is 1000g+goggles and I love this) and because I´m not sure I would detach the chin bar when I expect to meet people (and put in my pocket ?).

[jordiakof]

and this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjAXGLwtCok

[Tony P]

My kopek's worth -

I rarely stand except in slow 'technical' stuff where higher vision of nearer surfaces mattered more, as well as weight more over the handlebars and more precise balance.
Maybe that is my aged legs feeling the strain, or it might come from car rally experience where you 'feel' things through the seat of your pants.

When bumps, undulations and rougher surfaces appear I raise my butt just above the moto's seat, thinking that putting my weight on the footpegs lowered the fore/aft pivot centre yet kept the overall centre of mass/gravity lower than standing.
This does put additional strain on arms and hands.

But does it work?

When I rode with Colebatch, on the one time he couldn't catch me over 20 or more miles on loose surface, I was generally seated, enjoying the sideways 'drift' on corners.
But one swallow does not make a summer - that was late one afternoon after many frustrating flat tyre stops. The rest of the 3 months he waited for me!

[zulu-5]

Originally Posted by tee bee

We had to drain our fuel before the bikes were loaded on the train.

While we were doing this (syphoning into plastic water bottles), the 3 drunks were hassling us,then one of them took his cigarette lighter out and threatened to set us alight !.

By this time i was getting a little bit angry, so i stuck my finger in over the top of the bottle of fuel and went to throw the whole lot over him, Haha, that changed things, after that they backed off...,it was then that one of them revealed his hand gun......

To say i was happy to get out of there, is probably an understatement...

As walter said earlier,we were just in the wrong place and i,m sure if they had been sober they would have been as friendly as all the other Russians we met.

If you being a foreigner perhaps restrained them somewhat, imagine if I spoke clean russian. Try and convince them I'm an australian citizen then.

Although remote Russia certainly is not downtown Kabul, let me assure you, it's not all rosy. Saying that, it is an amasing part of the world.

[Jamm]

Originally Posted by Seth S

It was only a thought. I'd take a 950

You haven't been paying attention..... but go aheadand enjoy yourself.

[Franck B]

Originally Posted by jordiakof

and this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjAXGLwtCok

and a third: Nolan N44

[Adv Grifter]

Originally Posted by Colebatch

I think getting the risers right is critical for that. Risers that go forward as well as up is imho vital to getting the ergonomics right. Normal risers actually bring the bars closer in to your body due to the angle of the forks. That can make standing tiring and more work. Different bikes have different peg to seat heights. I am lucky to be on a bike with very good spacing between the feet, seat and bars - but I still like the bars both 50 mm higher and more fwd.

Plush front suspension helps too

Right on. Good Ergos will save energy. And good suspension means at end of day you are not so beat up. Both critical .... but different for everyone.

Riding competition enduros you end up standing for a lot of the event (90 miles of HELL) about 4 or 5 hours doing between 14 mph to 24 mph speed average. (yes, knarly, tough terrain)

Pro riders will sometimes eat a Banana at the lunch stop ... but ALL took potassium supplements. Why? Leg cramps. I would get such bad leg cramps that I could no longer stand. Severe, sharp pain. A common problem for those not absolutely 100% fit or anyone slightly dehydrated. Upping the potassium and water levels helps a lot to survive standing all day.

I always sit down when possible (to rest) and still use this technique when I can. So sit when you can ... stand when you must. But standing works better for tackling tough terrain, hill climbs or nasty, steep downhills, nasty rock sections ...

I also like to stand on FAST, high speed open roads like in this report. Standing lets you see further ahead and read terrain better ahead. Hard to see anything looking through a screen ... and that could cost you your life.

[Sroz]

Love your work guys! Hitting 250 pages, better than a book