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April 23, 2025
Mountain biking
Abstract sculpture memorializing the once dominant local motorbikes that many in the older generation still associate with happy moments of small freedoms and excursions during an otherwise oppressive occupation period.
The sign reads:
"GOLD MOPED"
The beginnings of the legendary "Golden moped" competition can be found in 1958, when the initiator of children's motorsport, Aleksandrs Briedis, founded the motorcycle club "Bieriņi". A few years later, "Bieriņi" organized the first moped competition, which is considered one of the first in the world.
The sign reads:
"GOLD MOPED"
The beginnings of the legendary "Golden moped" competition can be found in 1958, when the initiator of children's motorsport, Aleksandrs Briedis, founded the motorcycle club "Bieriņi". A few years later, "Bieriņi" organized the first moped competition, which is considered one of the first in the world.
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Elevation 40 m