Red Bull Crown Range drifting? Tried it on a bike!

I’m not a fan of drifting, waste of tyres I reckon, but this video got my attention. I’ve ridden the Crown Range road twice, both East and West, so have been up and down the hill shown on a bicycle. Although the downhill was extremely fast (maybe 70-80km/h?), extremely fun, the uphill was probably more life threatening.

At one stage on the steepest bit a car coming down the hill stopped a few hundred metres ahead of me. The tourist driver got out to take my photo, saying: “You’re an extremely brave man!”! I could only gasp in response “Foolish!”

Photos from my 2004 & 2005 cycle trips

I’ve also been over the Crown Range in my Fiat Uno 45. Not quite as quickly as the Red Bull car but it was, literally, full throttle all the way!

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