The world’s craziest downhill mountain bike race

The Valparaiso Cerro Abajo is, arguably, the world’s most extreme urban bike race. Competitors must mach downhill through the Chilean city of crumbling staircases and rutted out roads, deking out stray dogs and hapless hombres and continually launch themselves over massive gaps. Below is footage from a racer’s perspective. (We love the manic laughter at 2:32.)

We should do something like this in Montpelier or maybe on College Street in Burlington.

¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!

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