? Where's the skill in that eh? Don't see him doing 47mph on a long sweeping Pennines hill, or keeping up with the traffic with a cadence in the low 100s. Call himself a cyclist? Kuh...
Now I know nothing about this kind of riding but that was beautiful. Don't know what amazed me most the effortless hops, the balance or the precise touch. Wow.
Looks like my 8 yr old commuting to school, which is mainly pavements and walls too ;-)
Excellent control, if only I had the time...
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Uncle John: FCN ?? knobblies, or 'fat' slicks n guards
If you haven't tried these things, you should.
These things are fun, and fun is good.
Normally I'm a fairly fuddy duddy stop at red lights kind of chap but I appreciate skill and ability in all sports.That was superb, just needs a better cameraman. Well done.
That is extraordinary. ITs great cos I recognise a lot of the places and it puts some scale on it.
Oddly enough, I cycled past a guy on a unicycle (on a major road close to Princes St!!) the other day. I've also encountered that bloke near Vancouver who mountain-unicycles. There's a vid somewhere of him on the top of the Chief (which is like El Capitan, in the sense that you would probably achieve terminal velocity before landing). Note - I was not up on the Chief at the time I passed him, he was just on a bike route in town.
That was very cool! Having seen the trials riders for the last 2 years at the Freewheel I have nothing but admiration for these guys. It was incredible watching the guy attempt to jump a 6ft. gap between 2 platforms last year, not least becaue it took 3 people to stop the platform moving as he was dumping so much power from a trackstand!!
It would be amusing to take this video to Epic and say "So I hear Viner can custom build me a road bike? I want one that can do this!"
Having been a hippety hoppety trials rider for my uni years and spending every evening playing instead of studying I used to think I was quite good, but turns out i was ever so wrong and was infact rubbish, Danny Macaskill is a legend, the youth of today obviously have way to much time and much better bikes
nothing to do with skill, imagination and balls of steel
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Absolutely amazing riding. I didn't think it could get any better and it just got more amazing as the vid went on.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
Marin Rift Zone - 1998
Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali
Terrible example to set.
That guy is good, wonder how long he can track stand for?!
I wish I could do that - hop over a few slow cars.....
Chapeau to him. That was falling, with class...
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Ouch! Now that would bring a tear to the eye on a cold night
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Excellent control, if only I had the time...
Uncle John: FCN ?? knobblies, or 'fat' slicks n guards
If you haven't tried these things, you should.
These things are fun, and fun is good.
That music sounds like swedish band Katatonia, too.
Previously, I thought that this was as good as it got:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCPczRJzLmY
Although, being a brighton boy, I was a little biased towards that one.
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Oddly enough, I cycled past a guy on a unicycle (on a major road close to Princes St!!) the other day. I've also encountered that bloke near Vancouver who mountain-unicycles. There's a vid somewhere of him on the top of the Chief (which is like El Capitan, in the sense that you would probably achieve terminal velocity before landing). Note - I was not up on the Chief at the time I passed him, he was just on a bike route in town.
It would be amusing to take this video to Epic and say "So I hear Viner can custom build me a road bike? I want one that can do this!"
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