Red Bull Content Pool/ Christian Walgram

Not everyone will know this, but bike racing fans are way better than any other type of sports fans. Or certainly better than any I?ve ever come across anyway. ?In what way"? I hear you ask. Well quite a few ways? let me explain.

Knowledge

Red Bull Content Pool

It never ceases to amaze me just how in depth the knowledge of some bike racing fans are. I?m talking anorak levels of knowledge. Not only do the vast majority of spectators at any given bike race event know exactly what?s going on at all times, they know everyone on tracks kid?s names, and what bike they?re riding. And a great many of them also know what bike they raced last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. You?ll quite often hear people discussing races that happened 40 or 50 years ago with Barry Sheene or Giacomo Agostini; remembering unbelievably specific details about circuits or sponsors.
I?m not saying other sports fans aren?t knowledgeable when it comes to their favoured sport. And I know there are anoraks in every walk of life. But there seems to be a disproportionate amount in motorcycle racing circles, and I think it?s great.

Support

Red Bull Content Pool / Daniel Goetzhaber

When you go to a football match, everyone?s in their team?s colours. They?ve got matching scarfs, hats, pencil cases, you name it. And if wearing you?re team clobber is a sign of support (which I?m sure it is), football fans would be up there...