Downstairs - MTB Downhill in Amsterdam (NED) - POST CS Building

Dare to Stair in Derelict Downhill

Seven Dutchman and a Czech meet in Amsterdam and head out looking for a mountain...! After plenty of bike kilometres, Sunday morning saw what initially had seemed a futile mission in the notoriously flat Netherlands end with eight of the worlds best downhill mountain bikers meeting for a completely unique and insane downstairs-race in a ramshackle eleven-story building in the heart of Amsterdam.

AMSTERDAM (NED). Not far from the aptly named Amsterdam Central Station, the eight mountain bike Olympians found what they had been looking for. Led by Dutchman Rob van den Wildenberg, fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the troupe of world-class bikers stormed the former POST CS mail distribution centre to help with the demolition of the ramshackle building much to the surprise of some labourers still working on the site!

The 400 metre course comprised 11 floors, 324 stairs and no fewer than 50 vertical metres from top to bottom. In the morning, when we took the snap decision to hold a race here I have to admit I had a funny feeling about it, but what are we supposed to do? Weve got nowhere else to train. The steep, narrow stairways and the half-demolished floors were incredibly tough to ride: rather than jumping over tree stumps, branches, roots and other natural obstacles, we had to overcome broken windows, smashed-up filing cabinets and dangling cables, laughed Ivo van der Putten (NED). The 22-year-old fought his way to a narrow victory in the final, beating Bas de Beyer (NED), Michal Prokop (CZE) and Joost Wichman (NED) in the process as four riders descended on the course at the same time.
 
Czech rider Michal Prokop enjoyed his rollercoaster ride down the unique course: When the guys asked me if I wanted to race in Amsterdam I thought they were joking. Now, to be honest, I am just happy to have got down the stairs in one piece mind you, a few cuts and bruises are all part of it.

The bikers then left the building as swiftly as they had entered it, blending into the crowds along the iconic Grachten (canals) in the heart of the Dutch capital, a city famous for having the most bicycles per capita in the whole of Europe.

The POST CS building was inaugurated in 1968 by Prince Claus and served for 36 years as the Netherlands principal mail distribution office. The current demolition process will be completed by the end of August, creating space for a modern office complex.

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[chrisberty]

OMG I NEED TO RIDE THAT!!

[DiggleMyth]

cool!

i wanna try this one!!

[shadowdabomb1]

i wana try



[Ruben65980]

haah lekker dan

[g1701gst]

they probably got permision, do you think redbull would sponsor this and risk a law suit?

[MrDeathmetalfl]

u guys now what somthing like this illegal?

[RydersStudio]

Nice Fun dud's :D This is Red Bull DownStairs ??

[misu60]

Holland rulz :)) Great vid:)>-

[muni86]

Great editing, as usual for Red Bull!

In my opinion riding down stairs with a bike is pretty easy- I bet I'm faster with my unicycle lol ;-)

[do6ciunwfa]

super!!!