New Danny MacAskill video

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Alphabet Posts: 436
edited November 2010 in Commuting chat
This man is annoyingly talented. Although this is of course very similar to how I ride home in the evenings...

http://dirt.mpora.com/news/danny-macaskill-home.html
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  • chunkytfg
    chunkytfg Posts: 358
    It's very good but IMO not alot better than the original inspired bicycles video.

    However the slide along the pipe at about 4min30secs was impressively simply but effective
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  • Alphabet
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    yeah, problem is he's REALLY effing good, so doing anything new/original/shocking is going to be fairly difficult without snapping his back
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  • Tonymufc
    Tonymufc Posts: 1,016
    That kid is effin brilliant. Seen a lot of his stuff. The kid is absolutely quality.
  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    I wish my journey home looked like that.

    And that I could ride like that. That is incredible.
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    chunkytfg wrote:
    However the slide along the pipe at about 4min30secs was impressively simply but effective

    +1

    I watched that about 5 times :P
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    I'm actually inspired to go get me a bike that will take some daft stuff.....

    Had a try in the skate park on my fixie on Saturday ..... hee hee.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Its not just that he can its the way he does it that makes him look class - his style is just so effortless and thats what makes a compelling watch.
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  • Mike Healey
    Mike Healey Posts: 1,023
    'E were rubbish - didn't you see him carrying his bike up some steps fairly early on? Why didn't he ride up them, eh?
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  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    Good, very, very good.
    Love the wheelies balancing on the front wheel and going backwards plus the flips. Quite a talented man.
  • Plumby Baby
    Plumby Baby Posts: 82
    That is nothing shy of just plain jaw-droppingly feckin' superb.

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  • jonnyboy77
    jonnyboy77 Posts: 547
    How does he pedal backwards but also have a freewheel?
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  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    I wonder how many clipless moments he has?

    Those hubs sound a bit a noisy .................

    He's the Jackie Chan of Cycling.
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  • nicklouse
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    jonnyboy77 wrote:
    How does he pedal backwards but also have a freewheel?

    he does not. but he has to move the cranks roll backwards.
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    makes parcours look a little lame doesn't it?
  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    dilemna wrote:
    I wonder how many clipless moments he has?

    Those hubs sound a bit a noisy .................

    He's the Jackie Chan of Cycling.

    Flat pedals you wally! One of the unwritten (or written if its a UCI Event) is that all riders use flats... SPUDS would be stupid, and would defeat the object, not to mention be deadly.

    I ride Trials and just cant even begin to comprehend how he does this stuff.


    Incredible
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  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    joshtp wrote:
    dilemna wrote:
    I wonder how many clipless moments he has?

    Those hubs sound a bit a noisy .................

    He's the Jackie Chan of Cycling.

    Flat pedals you wally! One of the unwritten (or written if its a UCI Event) is that all riders use flats... SPUDS would be stupid, and would defeat the object, not to mention be deadly.

    I ride Trials and just cant even begin to comprehend how he does this stuff.


    Incredible

    Less of the personals :evil: .
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  • jonnyboy77
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    nicklouse wrote:
    jonnyboy77 wrote:
    How does he pedal backwards but also have a freewheel?

    he does not. but he has to move the cranks roll backwards.

    ok. makes sense
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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    Love the way he cycles on the railings in front of the Police station in Skye,. that'll teach them to confiscate his bike when he was a teenager ;-)

    Would have been nice to see more stunts around Edinburgh castle. There's a good vid of him on youtube cycling around Aviemore in his early days.
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  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    dilemna wrote:
    joshtp wrote:
    dilemna wrote:
    I wonder how many clipless moments he has?

    Those hubs sound a bit a noisy .................

    He's the Jackie Chan of Cycling.

    Flat pedals you wally! One of the unwritten (or written if its a UCI Event) is that all riders use flats... SPUDS would be stupid, and would defeat the object, not to mention be deadly.

    I ride Trials and just cant even begin to comprehend how he does this stuff.


    Incredible

    Oh grow up! I didnt mean it like that... just saying it in jest. I'm sorry. :roll:

    Less of the personals :evil: .
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    The lazy sod used a camper van to cross the country - what's wrong with cycling it eh......... oh yeh, saddle is too low ! :lol:
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    RT @wwwicked I didn't like the new Danny MacAskill video as much as the old, well-known one. It's old hat now, and just more of the same.

    Not that I'm claiming I could do it; it's just not "AMG WOW" like the first one was.
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    I want to go back to Skye
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  • chadders81
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    Well if I had some castle walls I would be front flipping my tits off too.

    Seriously though, would love to see what sort of stuff he could do on a road bike.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Mr Plum wrote:
    chunkytfg wrote:
    However the slide along the pipe at about 4min30secs was impressively simply but effective

    +1

    I watched that about 5 times :P

    It might be impressively simple to you, to me it's simply impressive. And yet...I think my brain had already got sort of ''stunt numbed'' so that, by the time I saw the rear wheel sliding off, I genuinely thought it was a mistake. But no, it was just a different level of skill with added theatre, or showmanship, to it.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Even when I'm dreaming, I'm not that good.

    I showed the Inspired video to a 5 year old who has just learnt to ride. Stunned silence all the way through.
    I just hope he doesn't go out to try any of the stunts and injures himself, his Mum would kill me!
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Watched last night for the first time, excellent stuff.
    The backdrop of the Scottish scenery adds so much to it. I just pity all the guys "dawn souff" that don't get to see this much, if at all.

    There is no doubt he is superbly skillful, and there are quite a few others like him about. I think his fame comes from the fact that he does it on the street, and the first video was so well made.

    He comes over as being such a lovely guy, a little shy and overawed by his fame.... just wish I had a little of his balance!!
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  • beverick
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    jonnyboy77 wrote:
    How does he pedal backwards but also have a freewheel?

    I noticed that and assumed he uses at least two bikes for different stunts. I also assume that some of the stunts would be (comparatively) easier with a fixed wheel - not that I could come close to doing any of them of course.

    I also assumed that the bags on the top of the camper are the twisted remains of previous bikes and, especially, wheels.
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    Seriously though, would love to see what sort of stuff he could do on a road bike.

    I seem to remember that there's a Youtube video of him doing similar things on a road-bike - I can't find it though.

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  • Alphabet
    Alphabet Posts: 436
    beverick wrote:
    jonnyboy77 wrote:
    How does he pedal backwards but also have a freewheel?

    I noticed that and assumed he uses at least two bikes for different stunts. I also assume that some of the stunts would be (comparatively) easier with a fixed wheel - not that I could come close to doing any of them of course.

    It's probably not a fixed wheel because pretty much every trick will be a hell of a lot harder fixed. It's just that when you're going backwards, your freewheel will push the pedals round (or you'll just stop - which would look a bit rubbish). try it out - if you roll backwards, your wheels have to turn, if you roll forwards you can freewheel .precisely because it's locked in one direction and free in the other.
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  • beverick
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    Alphabet wrote:
    beverick wrote:
    jonnyboy77 wrote:
    How does he pedal backwards but also have a freewheel?

    I noticed that and assumed he uses at least two bikes for different stunts. I also assume that some of the stunts would be (comparatively) easier with a fixed wheel - not that I could come close to doing any of them of course.

    It's probably not a fixed wheel because pretty much every trick will be a hell of a lot harder fixed. It's just that when you're going backwards, your freewheel will push the pedals round (or you'll just stop - which would look a bit rubbish). try it out - if you roll backwards, your wheels have to turn, if you roll forwards you can freewheel .precisely because it's locked in one direction and free in the other.

    I appreciate that, but there's at least one point in the vid where he seems to accelerate backwards as if he's putting pressure on the pedals.

    Bob
  • Alphabet
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    he's got a chain tensioner on though

    fixed gear + chain tensioner = baaaaaad
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