 For the largest mountain bike race in central Minnesota was back for its fourth year on Sunday as over 500 riders tore up the Cayuna bike trails. Our Anthony Scott has more on what makes the Cayuna bike crusher so unique. I don't say nothing about it. The red dirt, we always come home and everybody knows where we were riding. Over 500 bikes were covered in the red dirt that is synonymous with the Cayuna bike trails as competitors pushed themselves to the finish line. In this year's Cayuna bike crusher. The Cayuna bike crusher is the ninth of ten races in the Minnesota mountain bike series and it attracts bikers from all over. Minnesota is very bike friendly and I think biking is growing and I think it's just continuing to grow. It's really helped our economy here so we love to see the bikers come. This year's crusher had the biggest attendance among all the races on the series. People love the iconic red dirt and the challenge the trail possesses. Yeah these trails are rad. They're pretty gnar. The kids call it Cayuna gnar because of the red dirt. I don't know. They're fun trails. I like them a lot. The Cayuna crusher has grown and was named the bikers favorite race on the series in 2017. Especially seeing it three years ago versus now it's impressive to turn out and just now like having another bike shop open in town and the infrastructures you can see a lot of improvements. The fourth annual Cayuna crusher featured kids races for beginners and a marathon race for more experienced riders where riders tried to see how many laps they could finish in four hours. You gotta be able to pace it but you gotta be able to go hard for four hours which is the fun part of it. Hundreds of volunteers helped with the event as well. From registration to guiding people along the trail to making sure your bike is at peak performance everyone plays an instrumental role in bringing the event together. All the volunteers and everyone that puts these are just wonderful and the support that they give and the cheering and you know you can't ask for anything better it makes the sport. The Cayuna crusher brings great economic value to Crosby each year and with the red dirt and great community support it's no surprise why it's voted one of the best races on the Minnesota mountain bike series each year. Reporting from Crosby, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. The final bike race on the Minnesota mountain bike series is scheduled for September 1st and 2nd at Maple Lake Resort. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.