Allroad Tour was ridden in the northernmost parts of
Finland. Some of the participating teams rode all the way up North to
see the Arctic Ocean. Routing was spiced up with a routing competition
which included almost 9000 kilometres of ready-made routes to be
combined. In addition to riding the smallest gravel roads the bikes
and the bikers had to endure both asphalt liaisons and a total offroad
route in the end of the tour.
Nobody wanted to take the easiest way so the tour
become the toughest one compared to previous Allroad Tours. There were
several engine breakdowns and unfortunately couple of bikers got
injured too. Still Allroad Tour spirit was there and the misfortunes
just made the teams work together in a best way. Every participant had
his share of sweating in exceptionally hot, dry hillsides as well as
bites of gnats and mosquitos in swamps. Everyone experienced also how
helping hands appeared immediately to lift fallen bike or to help
repairing tyre puncture. The joy of creating Allroad Tour together was
everywhere even more than ever, and everyone participating Allroad
Tour 2004 Nangu has to be thanked for keeping up the spirit!
The
list of participants and teams
Information
on the routing competition
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