But it isn't just a pretty bike marketed to aging riders with chubby wallets and matching paunches. |
Naturally, there would be a grand entrance, including a color guard of horses and riders carrying flags. |
At the hippodrome on the city's edge, thousands of cheering and whistling spectators watched about 50 riders compete furiously at buzkashi. |
As the horses clip-clopped along, their riders sat relaxed, talking animatedly. |
The resort is a training area for many of the top riders in the superpipe, and the area continues to host offseason training. |
But the land was churned up by riders and followers of the Bedale Hunt in pursuit of a fox last Saturday. |