Off road bike events: definitions

Question asked in the office: What's the difference between enduro and motocross?

Motocross is form of motorcycle or ATV racing held on off road on enclosed circuits. Motocross is derived from the French, and was originally called Scrambling when the sport was "invented" in the UK. The name "motocross" is a contraction derived from the words "Motorcycle" and "Cross Country". Motocross is often abbreviated to MX.

Enduro:
Typically this category includes cross bikes which are tuned and equipped for driving on the roads. These bikes are often heavier than, and not as extreme as cross motorcycles, though not as heavy and well-equipped as the larger off-roaders. Submit new or altered description

Shamelessly stolen from google definitions

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Enduro races are much longer that motocross, Enduro is all about doing the most laps over a given circuit which is normally huge in a set time period normally hours at a time. The winner is the person who does the most laps in the time the race runs for.

Motocross is a much shorter race, run over a shorter circuit, the winner is the first person over the fnish line.

I think.

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