Coverage by Frank Russo, Associate Editor (Europe)

Part 2:  Bike Throw Announced as the "World Championship Of Folding-Bike Throwing", this funny  contest was shown on TV the same evening, including a proposal of marriage in between throws.

Beachcruise Festival 2007, Essen Germany

A big event took place in mid-July in Essen/Germany, organized by Best Bones Bikes. The day was divided into four parts: 1: Live Bike Build-Off 2:  Bike  long throw 3:  Cruise around Lake Baldeneysee 4: Best of Show Contest Three television and print-media news teams came to the spot to report on the event, especially for the long throw of a '70s folding bike.  It was jokingly announced as the World Championship, which was interesting to them.

Part 1: Live Bike Build Off In the morning, a build off began between two teams: Allridestyle and Best Bones Bikes. Two mechanics were allowed to assemble the bikes in front of the audience, which got to select the winner with the best bike.

Team Best Bones Bikes, with Rolf and Karsten, decided to build a high-tech racer with a 110cc engine

Team Allridestyle, with Basti and Svente, decided to build a rat-style bike with an eye-catching Bone-shifter.

Allridestyle won the contest in the end. Congratulations Basti and Svente!

Part 2:  Bike Throw Announced as the "World Championship Of Folding-Bike Throwing", this funny  contest was shown on TV the same evening, including a proposal of marriage in between throws.

With a 12-meter throw, the winner was the same as last year: Cheesy-Rider (Clemens Mock) from Moenchengladbach.     Congratulations Cheesy!

Part 3 : The Cruise

Not much to say about the Cruise Around The Lake, same procedure as every year. Here are some photos:

Part 4: Best Of Show The visitors to the event had the chance to vote for the "Best Of Show" bikes on the spot. Here are some photos of interesting bikes, the winner was Basti from Locster with his bike  "Viva Loc Vegas", a Basman frame with airbrushing, Quickspeed-wheels, Hardcore handlebars, special seat, etc. Congratulations Basti!

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Coverage by Frank Russo, Associate Editor (Europe)

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