A few riders in the Lites class are using these Ankle Savers footpegs. We’ve tested them and can attest that they actually do work. In looking at these ones, though, we couldn’t help but notice the amount of safety wire used to ensure the pin doesn’t come out of the footpeg bracket.
Normally we aren’t big fans of Fixie bicycles, but we spotted this very cool PK Ripper Fixie sitting near the DC Shoes rig.
Reigning Women’s Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek was on hand in Atlanta signing autographs and hanging out. The WMA series starts in May at the first round of the outdoor series.
Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen had an embarrassing moment during the start of the Lites main event. A clutch issue caused him to inch forward into the start gate, hanging up his front tire just as the gate was dropping. The result was Roczen rounding the first turn in dead last. Still, the young rider managed to climb his way back up to sixth by the end of the race, keeping himself in the championship hunt.
Here’s what it looked like for Roczen as the pack thundered away from him on the gate.
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