To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Ace Cafe London in 2018, having originally opened in 1938, the famous North London venue and the Ace premises in Finland, Spain, Switzerland and the USA, team up to host and support the Women’s World Record Race 2018 Grizzly Race Team!
The race, organised by the current endurance riding record holder “Grisu Grizzly” and team, is between four female riders each from four different countries and each on different makes of motorbike, is following the “Grizzly” trail of over 15,000 miles around the world with the aim of beating the present 16 day record.
The riders are starting at 3 pm CET (2pm BST) on Sunday 6th May separately at four locations, and then each calling in for pit-stop check-in’s at five Ace Cafe locations :
🇨🇭 Swiss rider: Start & Finish near Zurich
Name: Isa Müller
Age: 43
Motorbike type: BMW S 1000 R
Approximate Ace arrival dates:
Ace Cafe London 7th of May
Ace Corner Finland, Lahti 10th to 11th of May
Ace Cafe Orlando 30th to 31st of May
Ace Cafe Barcelona 2nd to 3rd of June
Ace Cafe Luzern 5th to 6th of June
🇦🇹 Austrian rider: Start & Finish in Graz
Name: Anita Fastl
Age: 47
Motorbike type: Honda Africa Twin 1000 cc
Approximate Ace arrival dates:
Ace Cafe Luzern 7th of May
Ace Cafe London 8th of May
Ace Corner Finland, Lahti 11th to 12th of May
Ace Cafe Orlando 31st of May to 2nd of June
Ace Cafe Barcelona 3rd to 6th of June
🇺🇸 USA rider: Start & Finish in Minneapolis
Name: Faith Ahlers
Age: 45
Motorbike type: Indian Dark Horse
Approximate Ace arrival dates:
Ace Cafe Orlando 8th to 9th of May
Ace Cafe Barcelona 11th to 12th of May
Ace Cafe Luzern 14th to 15th of May
Ace Cafe London 16th to 17th of May
Ace Corner Finland, Lahti 18th to 19th of May
🇷🇺 Russian rider: Start & Finish in St. Petersburg
Name: Tatiana Igushina
Age: 29
Motorbike type: Ducati Scrambler 1100
Approximate Ace arrival dates:
Ace Cafe Orlando 26th to 28th of May
Ace Cafe Barcelona 30th to 31st of May
Ace Cafe Luzern 3rd to 4th of June
Ace Cafe London 4th to 5th of June
Ace Corner Finland, Lahti 6th to 9th of June
For more information visit Grizzly Race Team
and follow the race live on GPS!