{"id":38013,"date":"2024-07-21T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a8a1ab58-4929-4c9a-b69b-160fbf4c87e6"},"modified":"2024-07-21T19:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T17:24:55","slug":"video-chris-akrigg-rides-motorbike-hard-enduro-on-his-e-bike","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/mbuk\/rss_feed\/video-chris-akrigg-rides-motorbike-hard-enduro-on-his-e-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Chris Akrigg rides motorbike hard enduro on his e-bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 21 July 2024 at 17:00 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>What is it with mountain biking and motorbike hard enduro? First, moto stars Billy Bolt and Manuel Lettenbichler revealed their love for riding MTB (see Billy in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o2yEd5fHHfE\">E-MTB vs Motorbike video<\/a> and look out for a piece on Mani in our next issue), and now trials ace Chris Akrigg is channeling his inner hard enduro rider in his latest video, tackling all kinds of features at Parkwood Enduro on his Whyte E-160 RSX e-bike.<\/p><p>Check it out, then scroll down for a quick Q&amp;A with Chris.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Akrigg: Hard Enduro RAW\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lo6QAKQkubY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/8ILPCrYVrF11M90F7hS_H?domain=youtube.com\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lo6QAKQkubY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"\/><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/Whyte-x-Chris-Akrigg_3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16284\" style=\"width:780px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/Whyte-x-Chris-Akrigg-Hard-Enduro-RAW_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16292\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/Whyte-x-Chris-Akrigg-Hard-Enduro-RAW_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16291\"\/><\/figure><p>Portraits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/roofowler\">Roo Fowler<\/a><\/p><p>Chris&#8217;s sponsors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuk.com\/tags\/whyte-bikes\">Whyte Bikes<\/a> sat down with him to get the inside line on capturing &#8216;Hard Enduro RAW&#8217; \u2013 the fun, the hard and the downright near-impossible\u2026\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Why hard enduro?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve been watching so much motorbike hard enduro recently. The riders are having so much fun just getting on bikes and riding. For me, it bridges the gaps between motocross, trials and everything in between. It\u2019s pretty free-rein \u2013 I like that. It led to the locations for the edit \u2013 including a motorbike enduro location \u2013 and it also meant I wanted to keep the riding a lot more flowing, as you would on an enduro bike. That\u2019s not to say it\u2019s completely based on motorbike hard enduro \u2013 it just felt like a good way of making myself steer clear of lots of technical slow stuff.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What did you set out to achieve?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cThe feel of a motorbike enduro is what I was after. They just go out and ride anything on their bikes \u2013 like, really hard trials lines, through to motocross. Hard enduro just covers so much, from mega-hard trials to fast-paced riding \u2013 but it\u2019s just going out and having fun. Covering ground, doing technical stuff, all that gnadgery stuff over the logs \u2013 almost like indoor enduro, super-enduro. Just like when I was younger, when I used to emulate moto trials riders, for this, I wanted to emulate hard enduro riders \u2013 but with a twist, on my e-bike.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What was the most fun section for you? <\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cThe opening section over the logs, as I\u2019d never really ridden that before. Riding switch-footed and getting the timing right, it just felt cool. That was good fun. And it\u2019s quite hard to make that look good and smooth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" class=\"wp-image-16290\" style=\"width: 778px;\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/Whyte-x-Chris-Akrigg-Hard-Enduro-RAW_20.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/p><p><strong>And the hardest?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cThe last shot, going up all them big rock gardens. That was a really, really hard line. It doesn\u2019t really come across on camera as hard as it was, but everything I do is a legitimate one-liner \u2013 I\u2019ve done it legit, not edited bits together. So I\u2019d done that line a lot, trying to get it bottom to top, and I thought I hadn\u2019t got it. And at one point I had to give up, after a long time. The end bit just bit my arse, every time. Then videographer Will said to get a drone shot to mask it, and I was like, \u2018I\u2019m not having that!\u2019. So, the rest of the day I was really down on myself, but then we got back, looked at the footage and Will said I\u2019d done it on the second go. I was like, \u2018What?!\u2019 He was like, \u2018Yeah, you did it, but you didn\u2019t like how it looked!&#8217;.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cThe other one is the struggle up the chute \u2013 it\u2019s really, really, <em>really <\/em>hard to get a bike up there, especially one without a motor. That was my best attempt in the video to get that. It\u2019s crazy hard. It was a struggle to get up there. Which is hard enduro. If you stood at the bottom of that, you\u2019d say, \u2018You\u2019re not getting an e-bike up there, no way!\u2019. And that\u2019s the challenge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Did you plan it to be a raw edit, without music?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t something we set out to do originally; we\u2019d never done a raw edit before. It always felt like a sting in the tail getting the music at the end. It was just to try and mix it up a bit. It\u2019s quite difficult when you\u2019ve made a lot of videos to make something new. You feel like you drop into the same template, with the same vibes, even if you don\u2019t set out to. We really tried to stick to the theme, and the raw thing really seemed to lend itself to it. Just the riding sounds \u2013 the motor, the tyre and brake noises. That\u2019s the soundtrack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/07\/Whyte-x-Chris-Akrigg-Hard-Enduro-RAW_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16293\"\/><\/figure><p><strong>How did you choose the locations?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;I went to watch an enduro event at Parkwood Enduro, which probably started it off, really. That was a catalyst for the hard enduro theme. I really wanted to ride on the terrain and see what I could do. I\u2019d ridden my motorbike trials bike there, but I\u2019ve never raced enduro or taken part in an event. There&#8217;s a section in the video that\u2019s a bit of a waterfall and it\u2019s one of the main attractions of the venue. I went there straight away, it was the bit I really wanted to ride, so knowing I could ride that from the start [the venue isn&#8217;t normally open to mountain bikers, but Chris was granted special permission ~ ed] was great. It was such good fun.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Did you have to do any building or prepping of lines?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cI just ride stuff as it lies. I\u2019ve never been one for building stuff. The tombstone steps were probably the only things I put work into \u2013 only because the water level in front of it was like a foot deep and it killed your speed riding through it, and I needed speed for this. So, I found a load of flat rocks and laid a crazy-paving path in the water for the run-up to it.&#8221;<\/p><p><strong>Are you pleased with how it&#8217;s all turned out?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cI actually had quite a lot of fun, keeping momentum \u2013 there\u2019s obviously technical stuff in there \u2013 but I wanted to keep the riding flowing as much as possible. There\u2019s a lot of hard riding in there, but a lot of run riding, too. As difficult as it is to get across how difficult my stuff is, there\u2019s a good balance of hard technical and good fun lines in there. I\u2019m really pleased with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>Just in case you missed our Billy Bolt video, here it is:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"E-MTB Vs. 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