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So, if you haven't heard of the hazel rodeo yet, imagine the following scenario:
You meet up with 100 like-minded people on a weekend near Ibbenbüren (for
Münster) and there you shoot over a stubble field "in a circle" on the first day and on the
second day through 4 to 5 quarries of varying degrees of crassness...
It's really cool and puts you in a really good mood!
Mopeds are permitted up to a maximum year of construction of 1995. It is best to have studded tires and plenty of suspension travel. Old enduro bikes are ideal, e.g.: XT 500, TT 500, XR 600 R, DR 350 etc... However, a road license is required - as you have to drive from the paddock to the quarries and back on your own wheels, as well as to the field.
....Basti was at the Haselrodeo this year and brought us a great report. On his Instagram account he regularly reports on his motorcycle adventures.
Traditionally, the Flint Brothers in the run-up to the route from the stubble field.
I used to wonder what people thought about riding old motorcycles in circles on a field (boring!) - now I've realized it and don't know why I haven't been doing it for decades. It's crazy.
Depending on what you did last night, you wake up a little hungover at the morning roll call - and listen to the organization for the most exciting part of the event. My personal highlight: the quarries and group formation. The groups are divided up according to the number of quarries - so 4 quarries = 4 groups. And everyone chooses the group they want to ride in according to their own assessment: rookie / beginner, standard,
You then meet up with your group and their guides at the agreed time and drive off as a closed group to the first quarry. (Awesome, I love riding in convoy - all together and nicely staggered!)
Logical: each group drives to a different quarry. They then ride there for 1.5 hours. Up, down, over, under and through until the guides say: "Last lap - collect - we have to go to the next one!"
The guides received a briefing from the route builders the day before: for years John and the respective quarry owners about what you can get out of the individual quarries in terms of distance, which is not always easy, because work is still going on there until Friday evening....
So far, however, this has worked out perfectly every time and the routes have been super tough. Depending on the group and your own discretion, after three or four laps you are already pretty "worn out" and take a break at the stationed "paddocks" with water, apple, banana and the helpers from the DRK and watch the others ride.
And so an insanely great day flies by.
Full of adrenaline, impressions, experiences and knowledge, each group gradually returns to base camp (the Haselroth farm) where you can exchange ideas enthusiastically with the others over the first beer! (The fast ones and the nerds were already in the shower by then!)
In any case, you find out very quickly: which machine didn't hold out, who fell where, how, jumped, were there any broken bones... ?!
As far as I know, we avoided any major injuries this year - everyone had a guardian angel somehow - but several machines died. Why ?! No idea - I was in the rookie group - as a guide - and had enough to do there. And all of "us" got home happy & safe on the road! Haha!
Know your limit! Rookie Love!
Last but not least:
"Super & many thanks" at this point to: the organizers, the DRK, the
The quarry owners, all the volunteers, the guides and, above all, the fantastic participants! Personally, I think it's great that the number of participants is limited to 100 people - which makes it very informal and therefore very enjoyable.
Of course, I am aware that an article like this will most likely help to increase the number of applications for next year.
Good to know: in order to get more women interested in this event, there are no restrictions on the year of manufacture of the vehicles! Yeah
Let's just have a great time together - at the Haselrodeo 2025!
I'm looking forward to it!
