Thousands filled the streets for Fat Face Night Ride 2007
Fat Face treated over 6000 spectators to an awesome display of downhill mountain bike racing on the 6th October which brought the historic streets of Edinburgh alive. This was the last stop for the Fat Face Night Series 2007 which has included skiing, mountain boarding, surfing, wake boarding and windsurfing.
The streets and steps of Edinburgh were transformed into a world class downtown route and 300 eager riders turned up on Saturday raring to go and ready to race. The cyclists flew down, racing the clock at top speed. The route began at Edinburgh Castle and riders had to tackled steep steps, a bridge constructed for the event, alleyways and jumps. The final home straight presented the riders with dust, dirt and a car to jump over!
Practice and seeding races took place during the day and then began THE WORLDS 1ST URBAN DOWNHILL RACE AT NIGHT. Once the sun had set over Edinburgh it was time for the competitors most important run of the day. Every vantage point was taken as the streets were filled with spectators lining the whole length of the course.
The Fat Face sponsored event attracted all the big names, including newly crowned World champion Ruaridh Cunningham (flying the flag for Scotland) and the Atherton Family, to this unique environment, which introduced Downtown Mountain biking to a huge amount of people for the first time and increased its fan base along the way.
The title and fastest time of the day went to Gee Atherton 47:62 seconds! Gee said “The course worked very well, it’s the first time I’ve ridden like this and all the flashes made it very interesting for the final run” “The format worked well and truly displayed to a lot of newbie’s what down hilling is all about”.
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Fat Face Events Manager Ian Williams said “What an incredible way to
finish the Fat Face Night Series 2007 with another world first – the Night Ride Urban Downhill (aka Downtown). Seeing the thousands of spectators cheering and shouting the riders on, with Edinburgh Castle as the back drop is an image that will be hard to beat. Already looking forward to next year!!”
Race Director Chris Roberts said “I’m really stoked with the event. The Police estimated between 5 to 6000 people came out to watch, the atmosphere was electric, the cheers and shouting from the massive crowd underneath the bridge was amazing everyone really getting involved with the event and having a really great time.
The event was co-sponsored by the Bike Chain – a local bike shop – who were on site to assist with any technical issues and giving people to opportunity to “try a bike”.
Fat Face treated over 6000 spectators to an awesome display of downhill mountain bike racing on the 6th October which brought the historic streets of Edinburgh alive. This was the last stop for the Fat Face Night Series 2007 which has included skiing, mountain boarding, surfing, wake boarding and windsurfing.
The streets and steps of Edinburgh were transformed into a world class downtown route and 300 eager riders turned up on Saturday raring to go and ready to race. The cyclists flew down, racing the clock at top speed. The route began at Edinburgh Castle and riders had to tackled steep steps, a bridge constructed for the event, alleyways and jumps. The final home straight presented the riders with dust, dirt and a car to jump over!
Practice and seeding races took place during the day and then began THE WORLDS 1ST URBAN DOWNHILL RACE AT NIGHT. Once the sun had set over Edinburgh it was time for the competitors most important run of the day. Every vantage point was taken as the streets were filled with spectators lining the whole length of the course.
The Fat Face sponsored event attracted all the big names, including newly crowned World champion Ruaridh Cunningham (flying the flag for Scotland) and the Atherton Family, to this unique environment, which introduced Downtown Mountain biking to a huge amount of people for the first time and increased its fan base along the way.
The title and fastest time of the day went to Gee Atherton 47:62 seconds! Gee said “The course worked very well, it’s the first time I’ve ridden like this and all the flashes made it very interesting for the final run” “The format worked well and truly displayed to a lot of newbie’s what down hilling is all about”.
Quotes
Fat Face Events Manager Ian Williams said “What an incredible way to
finish the Fat Face Night Series 2007 with another world first – the Night Ride Urban Downhill (aka Downtown). Seeing the thousands of spectators cheering and shouting the riders on, with Edinburgh Castle as the back drop is an image that will be hard to beat. Already looking forward to next year!!”
Race Director Chris Roberts said “I’m really stoked with the event. The Police estimated between 5 to 6000 people came out to watch, the atmosphere was electric, the cheers and shouting from the massive crowd underneath the bridge was amazing everyone really getting involved with the event and having a really great time.
The event was co-sponsored by the Bike Chain – a local bike shop – who were on site to assist with any technical issues and giving people to opportunity to “try a bike”.
