Church Of MO: “Be Careful What You Wish For …” The 1996 Elephant Ride

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Sounds like the Elephant Ride is an ongoing annual thing, held on the second Sunday of February in Colorado. What? Dang, we just missed it. Sounds like a lot of fun, 25 years ago. As for 2021, maybe there's a couch viewable YouTube version? Remind us again on the third Monday of February, 2022.

The weather gods smiled, and Elephant riders celebrate

Unfortunately, the weather in Colorado was fine. Daytime highs were in the 70s, and the roads were clear and dry all along the Front Range. The Eighth Annual Elephant Ride — arguably the kookiest motorcycle event in North America — was in danger of being boring. Then the weather gods smiled.The origins of the Elephant Ride are lost in obscurity. Some say it began as an inebriated challenge issued by some BMW riders to a group of Harley riders in a dive bar in Denver. The pachydermic name commemorates Hannibal's crossing of the Alps with war elephants during the Second Punic War (218 B.C.). More likely it was patterned after the "Elefanten Treffen," a wintertime motorcycle/sidecar meet held every winter in Austria, originally a rally for Zundapp enthusiasts who affectionately nicknamed their steeds "Gruene Elefanten" (Green Elephants).


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