Roof of Africa 2012

[jgas]

Since meeting Elmer and hearing his Roof stories I have really wanted to ride this crazy event, or at least go watch. I helped Elmer pit for Last Man Standing, and the next year was a course marshal. I asked Elmer which was harder, he said toss up. LMS was only about 18 hrs for the top guys while the Roof is what, 3 days? Elmer said the Roof was fun while LMS was just hard.

Didn't Malcolm Smith win the Roof back in the 60s or early 70s? It's funny how the race has been around that long yet I never heard of it until I met Elmer. Until the net came along, we here in the US were blind to so much of the great racing the world over.

Thanks for the link, info, and huge congrats for taking on the Roof and surviving with a smile.

[swazi_matt]

yep Malcolm Smith won it in 1975.

If you want to enter it Alfie Cox offers a bike and backup for about $2500, you still need to get here and pay accomodation etc.

I will eventually write up a report of the event

[swazi_matt]

since i have not edited my gopro footage yet (only washed my bike yesterday!!)

here is a link for the media footage, about 400MB. and if it is the same as what was on tv here it is only the top 10 riders, but still worth watching!!

https://www.wetransfer.com/dl/3pxRp5...726409e70f656b