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Title: Can you ride a bike?
Post by: Swoop on April 25, 2009, 05:35:52 AM: So can this kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o
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Post by: slimmer on April 25, 2009, 05:47:15 AM: :O wow
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Post by: JunkyII on April 25, 2009, 05:49:21 AM: Thats just amazing how smooth he makes it look, the rodeo flip off the tree was just..... i mean.....how....is that POSSIBLE :D
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Post by: RTHolmes on April 25, 2009, 07:53:12 AM: :rock
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Post by: MstWntd on April 25, 2009, 10:11:30 AM: Wow he makes it look so easy.
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Post by: Banshee7 on April 25, 2009, 11:16:07 AM: :O :rock
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Post by: Speed55 on April 25, 2009, 11:31:07 AM: Nice riding.

But i didn't see.

DONT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
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Post by: Enker on April 25, 2009, 11:34:06 AM: And I thought I was skilled when I flipped over a car by accident and landed on my bent up wheels. Must...Practice...More...
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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on April 25, 2009, 12:54:26 PM: :O :rock
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Post by: uptown on April 25, 2009, 02:10:03 PM: That's insane! :aok
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Post by: Toof on April 25, 2009, 06:48:49 PM: Search Youtube for Will Stroud if you're into BMX stuff at all. He's not a rider so much anymore, but one heck of a cameraman. He's also my cousin. rar.
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Post by: Twister2 on April 25, 2009, 07:13:01 PM: Quote from: Speed55 on April 25, 2009, 11:31:07 AM
Nice riding.

But i didn't see.

DONT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
So I watch this vid and say hey that looks easy. I hop on my walmart issue mountain bike that I purchased used at a pawn shop and go out to make history. Long story short I had to type this with a straw.
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Post by: smkelly13 on April 25, 2009, 07:17:16 PM: I'm glad you guys enjoy my bike skillz.
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Post by: AKIron on April 25, 2009, 07:25:26 PM: Wow, wonder how many broken bones it took to get that good.
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Post by: Bodhi on April 25, 2009, 08:01:00 PM: That is just amazing.
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Post by: StokesAk on April 25, 2009, 08:21:16 PM: Quote from: MstWntd on April 25, 2009, 10:11:30 AM
Wow he makes it look so easy.

It is easy.....for him. :D
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Post by: Xasthur on April 26, 2009, 02:00:59 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UldAnqLiAKs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UldAnqLiAKs)
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Post by: lefty320 on April 26, 2009, 06:15:43 PM: Amazing how he flipped off the tree. :O That beats jumping over curbs on my Walmart bike. :lol
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Post by: sntslilhlpr6601 on April 26, 2009, 07:15:56 PM: Quote from: Xasthur on April 26, 2009, 02:00:59 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UldAnqLiAKs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UldAnqLiAKs)

Can't imagine hitting jumps like that on a bmx bike. I'd hit jumps three times as big on a dirt bike, but at least I have suspension. I have no idea how they find the pedals after doing tailwhips and stuff. Do they tighten up the crank or something?
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Post by: RightF00T on April 26, 2009, 09:33:06 PM: I'm sure that dude is all muscle...it takes an incredibly strong core to keep balance like that.
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Post by: Toof on April 26, 2009, 10:33:08 PM: For a tailwhip on the ground I know you stop it with the leg you didn't use to kick it around.

As for finding the pedals in some of those mid-air ones, especially the backfilp tailwhip...Pure skill and practice would be my guess.
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Post by: Xasthur on April 27, 2009, 12:09:44 AM: Quote from: sntslilhlpr6601 on April 26, 2009, 07:15:56 PM
Can't imagine hitting jumps like that on a bmx bike. I'd hit jumps three times as big on a dirt bike, but at least I have suspension. I have no idea how they find the pedals after doing tailwhips and stuff. Do they tighten up the crank or something?

Nope, the cranks aren't tightened. Most the time, though, if you have sealed bearings in the BB and a relatively firm chain tension, the cranks don't spin around too much.

This video is a bit more like the first in that it's street riding.

If you think the OP was impressive.... watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjyGiRrWfgY&fmt=18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjyGiRrWfgY&fmt=18)

Keep in mind that in most of the shots, this guy doesn't have any brakes on his bike at all.

Pretty crazy stuff. Pretty much all of the stuff in this video was completely unthinkable when I started riding around 7 or 8 years ago.
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Post by: Xasthur on April 27, 2009, 12:18:25 AM: This is funny.

Josh Stricker, American rider in Australia (right outside the venue that I just saw Dylan Moran at, actually) riding drunk and trying to hammer a gap after no sleep.

Hahaha.

Bit of carnage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u5tfEBpWnc&fmt=18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u5tfEBpWnc&fmt=18)
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Post by: Xasthur on April 27, 2009, 12:23:34 AM: But this is what riding is all about, I reckon.

http://vimeo.com/4285785 (http://vimeo.com/4285785)

I'd still ride if I had a place like this to ride....
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Post by: Xasthur on April 27, 2009, 04:14:13 AM: Haha, few good crashes here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCiIOTlgpE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCiIOTlgpE)
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Post by: RTHolmes on April 27, 2009, 07:10:51 AM: ... and this is why drinking 3 pints at lunchtime then deciding to hit the jumps in a crappy borrowed lid is a bad idea

** contains some bad language **

http://www.lumbergh.aquiss.com/misc/stack/stack1.html (http://www.lumbergh.aquiss.com/misc/stack/stack1.html)

http://www.lumbergh.aquiss.com/misc/stack/stack2.html (http://www.lumbergh.aquiss.com/misc/stack/stack2.html)

:uhoh
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Post by: Xasthur on April 27, 2009, 08:02:10 AM: Hahahah. You dork.

:aok
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Post by: RTHolmes on April 27, 2009, 08:18:49 AM: knew i had the line all wrong on the way in so sucked up the lip (thats a huge tabletop btw) and tried to lay it down as quick as i could. glad i did - would have got more than trail rash if i'd hit that tree :lol
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Post by: Xasthur on April 27, 2009, 08:42:07 AM: Ok, if we're going to post crash videos....

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/th_100_0120.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/?action=view&current=100_0120.flv)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/th_Bigsetcrash.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/?action=view&current=Bigsetcrash.flv)

:lol
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Post by: RTHolmes on April 27, 2009, 08:44:36 AM: :lol
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Post by: mechanic on April 27, 2009, 09:36:03 AM: Emotional vid, the first one, maybe that is just me. Childhood that has past. Empathy and pride in his skill, determination and fearless nature.