Woody wrote:I'm dying to check that out, but the link keeps freezing up my computer.
They have heavy high res pics and video on that page. Perhaps trying the home page http://thunderdrome.com/ will work better for you...
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May 18, 2011 12:19 a.m. flountown Reader
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May 18, 2011 5:54 a.m. Woody SuperDork
Thank you.
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May 18, 2011 10:05 a.m. skierd Dork
flountown wrote:
That looks like a lot of fun, but that is the most hipster crowd I have ever seen, and I live in a Coastal metropolitan area...I didn't think hipsters had infiltrated the Midwest. But then when I think about it, Detroit could probably be the capital of hipsterism...
That's probably why you haven't heard of it. ,/toocoolforyouhipster
THAT LOOKS AWESOME! I wish it was closer. Xceler8x gets it
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May 18, 2011 10:10 a.m. Tom Heath Web Manager
nocones wrote:
Hmm.. now that it has hit Intenetfamz I give the city of Detroit 2 weeks before they shut it down due to "liability" unless it's on privately held ground.
Looks fun though
Dude, it's Detroit. Location, location, location...
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May 30, 2011 4:03 p.m. BAMF Reader
flountown wrote:
That looks like a lot of fun, but that is the most hipster crowd I have ever seen, and I live in a Coastal metropolitan area...I didn't think hipsters had infiltrated the Midwest. But then when I think about it, Detroit could probably be the capital of hipsterism...
The ones without trust funds live here in Kansas City. I assume the least industrious of the trustafari hipsters would view Detroit as being a bargain of a place to live.
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May 30, 2011 8:08 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork
Omaha has it's fair share of hipsters too. Living out here between the corn fields is so unmainstream.
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May 30, 2011 11:47 p.m. bastomatic Dork
Everywhere has its fair share of hipsters. They're called teenagers.
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May 31, 2011 6:00 a.m. Airimpact None
Looks a very popular place indeed.
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Sept. 12, 2011 7:24 a.m. Adrian_Thompson Dork
Man, I went to yesterdays event with a fried and out kids, great fun although the 10 year old girls lost interest so we left about 2:30 when the racing was only half done. Great fun, anyone in the area really should head out next year and catch one of these. There was everything. Some of the guys on the mini bikes with tiny tires and no suspension really needed depleted uranium balls. I've never seen such a death wobble at 30mph before.
They said on the PA that they were raising money to re-pave it with asphalt, seems a shame to me. Talking to an old friend who was racing he said turns 1 & 2 were easy, but 3 - 4 were hard. On the exit to 3, entry to 4 there was a long crack in the concrete right where you wanted to run so you either had to take a high, long, slow line, or a low faster one. The problem was the low line had a bump in the middle that was more like a jump for some of the small bikes leading to some interesting moments.
Way cool fun al around, even the bicycles had fun, everything from guys taking it way to seriously on carbon fiber machines to a gay couple on a pimped out tandem with flowers all over and a guy on a folding bike, all together having fun. I might do the basically race next time for skits and giggles. No way SWMBO would sanction a powered entry.
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Sept. 21, 2011 6:05 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
Sounds like the perfect venue for a gas engined bike.
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Sept. 21, 2011 6:44 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
Now that I am only 3 hours away, I may have to take the MB5 up there this fall....
I am salivating just thinking about it.
