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How to ride a bike? you're doing it wrong

Old 01-17-23, 04:06 PM
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How to ride a bike? you're doing it wrong

Or maybe you're a cyclist, not a circus performer?

Didn't know this was a thing, pretty crazy balance/control:

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Here's another type of bike competition that I recently found out is a thing...
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That oval racing looks like a hoot. GMBN tried it vs GCN

I think people forget about the fun sometimes

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If you want to see Danny Mac try to ride Viola's bike. The on-location content starts about 4:25 if you want to skip the hotel vlogging

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Originally Posted by SoCaled
Or maybe you're a cyclist, not a circus performer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB3qTVg3hhs&t=163s
She's clearly not a serious cyclist -- at 6:14 she waves.
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I had just seen Danny MacAskill for the first time a few weeks ago, someone showed me one of his Redbull videos, ridiculous control. I thought of him when I started watching these "artistic" riders. Super interesting to see how different it is for Viola with fixed gear (belt drive) to Danny with freewheel and insanely good brakes, both incredible.
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Originally Posted by SoCaled
Or maybe you're a cyclist, not a circus performer?

Didn't know this was a thing, pretty crazy balance/control:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDALHehBRGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqT9klrufs
I've seen a couple of the vids before. It's fun to watch, but the last two - the UCI competitions - are not my thing. Anything that requires judges and scores (as opposed to straightforward metrics like points or timing) isn't well-suited for competition, even if it's fun to watch.
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