However, the main concern appeared to be over the lack of protection from the elements riders experienced during the straights, where BMX riders perform the majority of their jumps.
And for all the riders' wistful thoughts of "The Wild One" or "Easy Rider," one essential element was missing from the scene.
So when "Easy Rider" streaked into view, abstracting elements of Westerns and gangster pictures and in the process creating what we had to call, for lack of any other term, a road movie, we were ready.
Chemicals and energy are needed to create DNA, so eliminating these free-riders, known technically as transposable elements, ought to make evolutionary sense.
The helmet is a vital element of a rider's wardrobe.
These 180-degree inline twists are also known as "Lie to Fly" and "Fly to Lie" elements, in which riders on their backs are flipped to face the ground or vice versa.
But, you'll spot the LaFerrari references around the bonnet and roof, there's a drop of Koenigsegg mixed in there, some carbon fibre elements, a very Knight Rider-esque front splitter and the rear design of the Ferrari F12.
The track was muddy from the start and worsened as the day wore on, but the riders did their best to overcome the elements.
Maria Shepherd, a regular M79 bus rider, said the extra door let in the elements more, especially during the winter.
The train then drops towards the ground, climbs back up, and spins through a zero-g roll, an inverting element where riders experience the feeling of weightlessness.
