Where can we watch girl bike stunt shows?
09-09-19, 02:28 PM
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09-09-19, 02:30 PM
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How do you know the OP is a male?
In any event, I prefer the women's shows as well; about 99% of the biking sports I've seen consist of men's biking. It's nice to see that women can ride well too.
*EDIT*
Here is another video of Viola Brand being judged in 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF7COW-7tA0
In any event, I prefer the women's shows as well; about 99% of the biking sports I've seen consist of men's biking. It's nice to see that women can ride well too.
*EDIT*
Here is another video of Viola Brand being judged in 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF7COW-7tA0
09-09-19, 02:39 PM
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It seems like so many people here are either promoting themselves, someone else, their bike, or a bike/company they like.
The OP as posted about a beautiful, relevant cycling sport, and it seems everyone here enjoys the videos. If someone was actually profiting off this in some very small way, what does it matter? Compare that to the profit made with people on this forum recommending a bike or bike accessories.
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I used to think that women weren't as good cyclists as men. After seeing videos like this, my eyes have been opened. Below is a video of a girl who appears to be about 8-10 years old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIvihHprzY
You can see her doing an 'L-sit' whilst holding one hand on the bars and the other on the seat (0:11 seconds in). That is an extremely difficult move; most people can't even do an L-sit on a solid surface let alone whilst supporting oneself sideways on a bike and steering in a circle to avoid boundaries. All this was done with about a second of preparation and in such a smooth and graceful manner as to make it look easy.
0:21-0:26 is my favorite move. If anyone knows what it is called, I'd like to know—it's the main reason I've been doing so many modifications to my bike to handle it.
The OP as posted about a beautiful, relevant cycling sport, and it seems everyone here enjoys the videos. If someone was actually profiting off this in some very small way, what does it matter? Compare that to the profit made with people on this forum recommending a bike or bike accessories.
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I used to think that women weren't as good cyclists as men. After seeing videos like this, my eyes have been opened. Below is a video of a girl who appears to be about 8-10 years old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIvihHprzY
You can see her doing an 'L-sit' whilst holding one hand on the bars and the other on the seat (0:11 seconds in). That is an extremely difficult move; most people can't even do an L-sit on a solid surface let alone whilst supporting oneself sideways on a bike and steering in a circle to avoid boundaries. All this was done with about a second of preparation and in such a smooth and graceful manner as to make it look easy.
0:21-0:26 is my favorite move. If anyone knows what it is called, I'd like to know—it's the main reason I've been doing so many modifications to my bike to handle it.
I may be reading too much into this, but I think you might have buried the lead--are you an adult trying to learn how to do this? How's that going? Do you have a gymnastics background?
09-09-19, 03:21 PM
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09-09-19, 05:32 PM
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It's my guess that the announcer had asked the audience to hold their applause until the end of each performance to allow the athletes to better concentrate. At the very end you can hear the audience burst into applause that lasted 20 seconds once she had dismounted.
09-09-19, 08:21 PM
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I see. When I have more time I may finish the video (which I obviously did not) but it appears that there is no magic here. Only lots of talent, practice and more practice. Its the same thing that allows gymnasts and circus performers to do what they do. Not taking anything away from the artist in question.
09-10-19, 07:35 AM
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I see. When I have more time I may finish the video (which I obviously did not) but it appears that there is no magic here. Only lots of talent, practice and more practice. Its the same thing that allows gymnasts and circus performers to do what they do. Not taking anything away from the artist in question.
My mind also went to circus performers as well on seeing this. An example:
I also thought there must have been vaudeville acts as well at one time, did a little searching and came up with these. Obviously, in vaudeville, the act was played more for laughs:
09-10-19, 08:07 AM
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Did you miss the multiple posts or maybe a simple five second google search where it shows that this is a UCI sanctioned discipline?
09-10-19, 08:25 AM
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Not sure what you mean by "no magic" because success in all performing arts almost always requires "talent, practice and more practice." To paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke, at some point the results of talent, practice and more practice may be indistinguishable from magic. Start at 4:15 of this video for an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9mJ2hXryGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9mJ2hXryGc
That is very likely the greatest display of bike handling I've ever seen in this sport. Thanks for posting. This is further proof that women rock on bikes!
Heading out, so no time to view the other videos, but I will watch them tonight.
09-10-19, 09:53 AM
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That's not magic, but it's about as close to magic as you can get. For those who haven't watched it, from 4:08-5:18 shows her riding on only her back tire whilst the entire time having her partner on her shoulders—70 seconds!!!!
That is very likely the greatest display of bike handling I've ever seen in this sport. Thanks for posting. This is further proof that women rock on bikes!
Heading out, so no time to view the other videos, but I will watch them tonight.
That is very likely the greatest display of bike handling I've ever seen in this sport. Thanks for posting. This is further proof that women rock on bikes!
Heading out, so no time to view the other videos, but I will watch them tonight.
Thanks for your posts--you got me interested in this, I wasn't aware of it until this thread.
09-10-19, 10:00 AM
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I did miss the multiple posts but the thread was doomed from the o.p. showing the performer lying horizontal on her stunt bike in the shortest shorts imaginable. Something that does not actually appear in the video itself. Click bait they call that, and its presence in a legitimate post is ... questionable. But, no thanks to the o.p., the thread was rescued by the research and intelligent commentary by others (myself not included) so it all turned out well in the end.
09-10-19, 10:17 AM
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you tiny minded wiper of other peoples ........
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09-10-19, 10:27 AM
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I did miss the multiple posts but the thread was doomed from the o.p. showing the performer lying horizontal on her stunt bike in the shortest shorts imaginable. Something that does not actually appear in the video itself. Click bait they call that, and its presence in a legitimate post is ... questionable. But, no thanks to the o.p., the thread was rescued by the research and intelligent commentary by others (myself not included) so it all turned out well in the end.
So yes, the images the OP posted were creepy, unless you are into that kind of kink.
What the OP posted looked like was it some UPORN fetish videos, thus my posts.
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09-10-19, 10:40 AM
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Thread closed.
1. Too much arguing in this thread,
2. Yeah the topic is kind of creepy,
3. OP is a newbie and his first thread started is a creepy thread. No.
1. Too much arguing in this thread,
2. Yeah the topic is kind of creepy,
3. OP is a newbie and his first thread started is a creepy thread. No.
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