Eberzberg Rodeo Results
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Sand, Rocks, and Hugs:
The Eberzberg Rodeo Enduro

The Training Wheels Motorcycle Club rolled into North Spangler OHV last weekend and turned a beautiful spring weekend into something that looked like a cross between a trail ride, a prize fight, and a group therapy session. The 2026 Eberzberg Rodeo Enduro had everything—wild flowers popping up through the sand, crisp mornings that made your fingers numb on the bars, warm afternoons that had riders peeling off layers, and enough twists and turns in the trail to tie your brain in knots.

And then there were the hugs.

Yes, hugs.

After a course that zig-zagged through every flavor of sand Spangler could dish out - deep sand, loose sand, rocky sand, sandy rocks, uphill sand - run at speeds that could politely be described as “optimistic,” riders were finishing the event with emotions running high. Some, like Daniel D, were overheard saying the ride was so good they felt compelled to give Trail Boss Matt E a hug. Others were just looking for someone – anyone – to  hug after the course had rearranged their pride, their arms, and possibly their handlebars.

One group that didn’t need any consolation hugs was the Z-Team.

Expert John Z returned to the enduro wars after a long layoff and showed up riding like a guy who definitely hadn’t been sitting on the couch demolishing a family-size bag of potato chips. John only dropped a minute on the third loop and posted the best Expert ride through the final special test, a rock-stuffed gully that looked like Mother Nature had dumped a truckload of bowling balls into a ditch just to see what would happen. John picked his way up the gully clean, beating a few Masters on time for good measure, and rolled into the finish grinning like a guy who’d just found traction where nobody else could.

But the real Z-Team hero of the weekend was Neveah Z.

Neveah kept the girl-power momentum rolling by taking the Novice X win. The Novice X and Legends tackled a two-loop course that conveniently included most of the sandiest, most leg-burning parts of the layout. Neveah dropped just one second all day, tying Daniel S on time, but the tie-breaker tipped the scales her way and handed her the win. Not bad for a day spent surfing sand that could swallow small motorcycles whole.

Over in the Legend class, Randy L climbed aboard his vintage KTM and rode it like the calendar said 1975 again. Randy edged out Jeff P for the win by a slim ten seconds, proving once again that experience (rumor has it he is AMA number 000002), and maybe a little stubbornness, still counts for something when the trail turns ugly.

The Senior Expert class looked like the usual Tim M versus Rick S cage match… until Kip W quietly slipped in and stole the show. While Tim and Rick were busy scrapping it out and dropping four and five minutes between them trying to decide who would finish second and third, Kip simply kept the throttle steady and the mistakes to a minimum. The result? A smooth ride and the win with only two minutes dropped all day. Kip may have just introduced a brand-new plot twist into the long-running Tim and Rick saga. At least those two can hug it out afterward.

The Amateur class delivered one of the tightest finishes of the weekend. It all came down to the final special test where Edward F and Ian M went bar-to-bar with the clock. The last test was brutally fast, and Edward kept his cool, dropping just one minute while Ian lost two. That single minute sealed the win and showed that Edward is getting the hang of the mysterious black art known as timekeeping enduro riding.

In the Green Bar classes, the father-and-son combo of Rick and Jacob G continued their family domination tour. Rick took the Super Senior win while Jacob grabbed the Novice class again. Jacob proved to be the quicker man through the sand and turns, dropping just two minutes compared to Rick’s seven. It’s the classic fatherly dilemma: proud that your kid is fast… but also realizing he’s now officially faster than you.

Then there was the Master class, the guys who ride like the trail owes them money.

While Experts and even a few Masters were launching their bikes, dropping them in the final gully, or pausing mid-gully to reconsider their life choices, Brent B and Jeff S Jr. rolled into the check looking cool and relaxed, asking each other, “When does this thing get tough?” Jeff S took the win over Brent, while Brett - well, nobody is exactly sure what Brett was doing. He came into the special test at least a minute early and appeared to employ an old soccer strategy of dramatically “taking a fall” in the gully to scrub time. Unfortunately, he took just a little too long picking the bike back up and gave away a few too many seconds. The act might have been too convincing - there was a lot of huffing and puffing involved.

Saturday racing saw Anthony D and Steph S round out the results with wins in the Beginner and Sport classes. Solid rides all around.

But the racing wasn’t the only competition heating up in camp.

Saturday evening’s chili cookoff drew over 15 pots of steaming goodness, and in a shocking upset Sam M knocked longtime chili legend Tony K off his throne. Rumor has it Sam heard the club had already picked up Tony’s favorite prize—an Amazon gift card—and decided she could put it to better use. She cooked up a batch that flat-out knocked the socks off everyone and walked away with the win.

After a chili-filled evening, a campfire reboot of Blazing Saddles, and a Sunday enduro that left some riders feeling like they deserved a cold beer, and others feeling like they needed a hug, the Training Wheels Motorcycle Club once again proved they know how to crank the fun knob all the way up to 11.

Next stop: the 42nd Keg Run in April.

Bring your bike, bring your appetite… and maybe bring a hug.