Redbull Rampage: Catch-22

[LanceB]

"And the physical risks the riders face are the same if not more." The risk factor increases because they race each other, if they combined 4X with Rampage, then perhaps, you'd be closer to a gravel MotoGP.

 

 

The TT, I hate to say this as a MTBer, has far greater exposure for disaster than Rampage and has a much longer standing - with a terrifying fatality rate. Good TT lap is slight sub 18 minutes: that is an awful lot of time for something to go very wrong. Rampage descent is perhaps 10% of that?

 

One has to ignore any anti-Red Bull argument too: without the Austrians, in a post tobacco sponsorship world, there would be very little extreme sports eventing and coverage.

 

All told it is an interesting and topical argument Omega Man.

[Guest Omega Man]

"And the physical risks the riders face are the same if not more." The risk factor increases because they race each other, if they combined 4X with Rampage, then perhaps, you'd be closer to a gravel MotoGP.

 

 

The TT, I hate to say this as a MTBer, has far greater exposure for disaster than Rampage and has a much longer standing - with a terrifying fatality rate. Good TT lap is slight sub 18 minutes: that is an awful lot of time for something to go very wrong. Rampage descent is perhaps 10% of that?

 

One has to ignore any anti-Red Bull argument too: without the Austrians, in a post tobacco sponsorship world, there would be very little extreme sports eventing and coverage.

 

All told it is an interesting and topical argument Omega Man.

Sure

 

Very good points.