cocoabeachcrab 

here is a use for a folder that looks exciting!

Lemond1985

What could possibly go wrong? Seriously though, it looks like a lot of fun.

BromptonINrio

what if....a train comes?

Lemond1985

"Take the rail." You must not read the A&S subforum much.

cocoabeachcrab 

i don't really read these (or any) forums much anymore. too much opinionated nitpicking and negativity when folks are just trying to share some enthusiasm... i just drop by to see what's new now and then.

jon c. 

Wonder how well it rides on the flat. There's a train line that runs pretty much from my house to my office. This would be perfect. Except for the trains.

pastorbobnlnh 

So true! Check out Classic and Vintage on Bike Forums. For the most part the participants there are very helpful, kind, and call out the naysayer critics. It is very civil, even when there are disagreements.

Thanks for posting the video. That truly is extreme!

Roegmann

Nice posting. Looks like you can get to areas you can't normally traverse to. I'm a sucker for trestle bridges and a shutterbug. Seems like a perfect match for me.

tds101 

Read the information posted on YouTube,...Watch the video,...I highly doubt a train would be coming anytime soon.

​​​​​​Is there something wrong with sharing this someplace else in the forum?

BromptonINrio

hey my friend.

in video there was two railways, one with a massive wooden brige witch seema in nice shape.
if its abandoned better and easyer to railbike.

i just said because i used to walk in railways and manytime i was faced with a income train and have to seek shelter and clear the way very fast.

tds101 

l got you. Those bikes would be almost instant death on certain railways,...and on a live bridge? These guys are riding on abandoned rails,...there's been quite a lot of lines shutting down. Looks like fun for brave souls,...I'll use rail trails instead (eventually, after I retire).

Pinigis 

I really really really really want to do this!

Lemond1985

I remember watching westerns, as a kid, where people had those railroad track hand cart things (there's a hilarious scene about them in Blazing Saddles,, BTW) and really wanted one for myself, so I understand the appeal of wanting to do something like that. Seemed like it took almost no effort to power those things, at least in the movies.

It just looked really scary in the video above, where people were riding on the elevated bridges, since there's no chance of escape if a train were coming. My imagination is just too vivid perhaps, and plus I didn't care for the music much and I found myself suddenly wishing ill on those people for that reason alone.

2_i 

My commute takes me over a rail overpass. The tracks are active, with a train there in one or other direction once every few h. During warmer times of the year, from the overpass I can see, with some regularity, a guy who commutes on the track, riding in-between the rails. He rides an MTB, seemingly with suspension and fat tires. The goal appears to be to travel over a shortest route to his destination. He comes off the track still within the range of my sight from the overpass.

bikebikebike

?Any adults in the room?

Dangerous and Illegal trespassing of the type that gets appropriate attention.
And just as an aside, doesn't forum have a line about advocating of illegal activity as a part of the your user agreement?
just sayin'