craigmoyer

very true. the tricks all look very clean so far, but i'm waiting for the full length to come out before any judgment is actually passed.

rudetay

I'm tried of these, "I heard he was fast" comments. What about the hardcore riders that don't ride ultra fast? I'm waiting for a, "I heard from some guy in Minneapolis that that dude rode a century while carrying a full size ghetto blaster."

Snails

might be in the minority, but i thought mash was cooler than the council of doom

snortCRANK

fair enough

metaljim

try as i might, i just can't get into watching people ride bikes. unless it's some rueben alcantra type nutso ****, it just bores me.

macaframa at least looks good. but i just can't get into watching dudes ride down hills in california. i ride up and down hills all day long. and it bores me.

sorry. as you were.

raster

So that dude in the trailer with the blue bike that doesn't have the disk wheel but has bullhorns - anyone have an id on those?

Hell Yes.

council of kids riding untaped bars and ungripped risers to pitchfork bands and 650 aerowheels. yawwwwwn.

Hell Yes.

nitto rb-021's. excellent bars.

zelah

macaframa looks like its going to be really ****ing good

council of doom looks like its going to be pretty good with really good music

raster

Thanks. And nice name.

Hell Yes.

it's a variation on my old name

bonechilling

steevdeadman

dervish

rad bmx steev

bonechilling

Less Rad, more

cockbag

it doesn't even look half as good as MASH, imo. I don't want to bang on these dudes or anything, cause I'm sure they rip and are totally decent dudes, but comparing an amateurish video like this to MASH or Macaframa is ******** - the cameras they use aren't up to the same standards, and the editing was sort of half-ass. plus, biking around in SF inherently looks cooler on film than biking around in the burbs, I think.

as for tricks, I'm not going to get into that one, cause that's sort of a personal thing (I think fixed gear as a whole has a long way to go in this department, but I'd rather not get into it for fear of offending people).

That being said, I'm stoked to see Council of Doom, being that there are so few fixed gear vids, and it's always good to see what's going on. And if it's really sick, I'll be surprised and delighted. I just hope it's not akin to Osiris' "The Storm".

zelah

well mash had a weird aspect ratio so there

and the storm had a few good parts

cockbag

yah but it also had josh kasper and tyrone olson

cockbag

but you're probably right about the aspect ratio

zelah

it wasn't 4:3 and it wasn't 16:9. i duno wtf

JellyMeetsJam

You're definitely not, regardless of haters it can't be denied that mash set a standard for all other track bike videos.

AZKakaAZK

i guess i just dont get it...there are only so many tricks you can do with a track bike and ive got all the music i want at my fingertips and if i want something cool to look at ill watch koyaanisqatsi or something...these videos just get stale and derivative after a while no? maybe im wrong? maybe i just dont see the appeal of watching people do the same stuff over and over and over...?

SD Fixed

Lucas Brunelle was it. Fast, in your face traffic moves, and he did it all over the country.

Tricks; well, it's talent, but a wheelie bar spin doesn't get me through traffic fast. A one foot over the bar skid doesn't avoid a right hook by some errant driver. Some stuff is useful, and a lot of it is grace of motion.

But I say Lucas speaks to those of us who sail through steel and asphault as a part of daily life. Not to take away from a hobby, nor fun, but for a method of transportion, nothing speaks to it like Lucas.

jessebest

I have to agree with metaljim....the only bike videos I like to watch are the monster track videos and videos of people biting it while biking. Both are amusing when I'm wasting time on the internet. I just can't get into watching all the baby bmx tricks kids do on their tarkck bikes. If I wanted to do sick tricks all day, I'd skateboard or bmx.

sp00ki

you guys realize they're all reading this and laughing at you, right?